After winning a little more than 40 percent of the seats in Tunisia's new Constituent Assembly, the moderate Islamist Ennahda party is in talks with secular rivals about forming a coalition government. Despite Ennahda's inclusive rhetoric, some fear it may roll back Tunisia's secular, pro-western policies. Protests erupted against Ennahda on Friday.
At political rallies, elegant, articulate -- and bareheaded -- Souad Abderrahim presents the softer face of Ennahda. The Islamist party's victory in Tunisian elections gives her a seat in the new Constituent Assembly.
This is the first time the 47-year-old pharmacist and mother of two has entered politics.
At her spacious home in the Tunis suburb of Manouba, Abderrahim explains why.
She says she joined Ennahda to counter false perceptions that it was rigid and backward.
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