doi:10.7916/18r6-fq36Oral history interview with Najla Harrouch, 2015Harrouch, Najlaoral historiesmixed materialArab Spring, 2010-Revolutions--TunisiaTunisia Officials and employeesTunisia Politics and government 2011-Tunisia Economic conditionsHarrouch, NajlaNajla Harrouch, Minister of Trade and Handicrafts in the technocratic government, narrates her somewhat removed experiences of the Tunisian Revolution. She describes her recruitment to government and her reasons for accepting the offer. She outlines the main internal and external challenges that confronted her ministry, such as personnel issues and the complicated post-revolution economic situation in Tunisia. Although there were some accomplishments during the Mehdi Jomaa administration and free and fair elections took place at the end of its mandate, she remains skeptical of how much real progress was achieved. She acknowledges that this was perhaps inevitable, given the Jomaa government's brief tenure and the challenging nature of the political and economic environment. Yet she found the experience very personally enriching, due to her new colleagues and greater understanding of the country. She reflects on the specificities of the Tunisian situation, the roots of the revolution, and the current, highly ambivalent public perception of revolutionary change