Tunisia chooses a president: media magnate or law professor

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Tunisians are voting for a new president in a contest pitting a populist tycoon who just got out of jail against a conservative professor

People watch a televised debate between presidential candidates Kais Saied, left, and Nabil Karoui, on the last day of campaigning before the second round of the presidential elections, in Tunis, Tunisia, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019.

The choice for voters between two quirky candidates who have never held political office has made for an unprecedented election. Detractors dubbed him "Nabil Macaroni" because his party distributes noodles to the poor. He embraced it: "Nabil Macaroni, and proud to be," Radio Mosaique quoted him as saying Friday.

He sits poker-straight, his blank visage hiding any visible sign of emotion, and speaks in a staccato style — and in literary Arabic, a tongue inaccessible to many in Tunisia's rural interior. Firmly conservative, he opposes equal inheritance rights for daughters and sons, arguing that the hot-button issue is decided by the Quran.

 

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