Issandr El Amrani

Issandr El Amrani is a Cairo-based writer. His work regularly appears in The Economist, Foreign Policy, The National and other publications. He writes a weekly column for Egypt's leading independent daily, al-Masri al-Youm, and blogs at www.arabist.net.

Laila Trabelsi: Wife of Tunisia's Deposed Dictator

She ran her family like a mob, taking over Tunisia’s economy and getting rid of anyone in her way. Issandr El Amrani on the former hairdresser said to have fled with a ton of gold.

Issandr El Amrani | Published Jan 17, 2011