Mehdi Mabrouk

He has taught sociology at the University of Tunis, with lectures on illegal immigration and youth issues.^[2][3] He has also been a scholar at the Tunisian Center of Economic and Social Studies.^[2] In June 2011, he said Tunisia was ill-equipped to handle the wave of immigration from Libya.^[3]

Mabrouk is also the Chief of the Tunis Office of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, and regularly speaks at some of its conferences.^[4]

On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Culture.^[2] He has spoken at the Istanbul World Political Forum.^[5]

• Voile et sel: culture, foyers et organisation de la migration clandestine en Tunisie (2010)