doi:10.7916/56eb-7f23Oral history interview with Noomane Fehri, 2015Fehri, Noomaneoral historiesmixed materialPoliticiansArab Spring, 2010-Revolutions--TunisiaNegotiation--Political aspects--TunisiaPolitical participation--TunisiaTunisia History Demonstrations, 2010-Tunisia Politics and government 2011-Fehri, NoomaneIn the first session of his interview, Noomane Fehri describes his experience of the Tunisian Revolution, which included an impromptu, impassioned, and indefinite return to Tunisia from working abroad in order to start the political party Afek Tounes. Fehri describes the coordination of and discussion among party members, most of whom were diasporic Tunisians who had been educated and made their lives abroad. Fehri narrates his experience as a Bardo sit-in'er, and shares a story of police brutality against young revolutionaries. In the second session, Fehri sheds light on various parts of the national dialogue. He describes the landscape of political parties in the early stages of the transition, and the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet's role in bringing them to the negotiating table. He speaks to the tensions and the specter of an Egyptian scenario as the sit-in of parliamentarians in the Bardo Square continued. Fehri then discusses the role of foreign embassies in the national dialogue, how many European ambassadors organized informal dinners or meetings that convened thought leaders and party organizers for deliberations on next steps