News blog  An-Nahda say 'the Tunisia we dream of needs everyone'
I'm at a packed press conference for An-Nahda, Tunisia's main
Islamist party, in the Ariana district of Tunis. Starts late.
It's standing room only, and incredibly hot - bottles of water
are being handed out by a woman in a trouser suit. There are
Tunisian, British, French, German and American journalists. I
can count 15 people filming.  The panel is made up of four men -
no women. "We believe participation itself is more important
than any partisan successes," says the head of the election
campaign. Then Rachid Ghannoushi, the party's leader, who was
formerly imprisoned and exiled, says, "these will be the first
real Arab elections", with no parties excluded. "There will be
shortcomings in this first experiment, but we hope they will not
undermine the general essence of holding real free and fair
elections."  He says that many parties have been focused on
criticising An-Nahda but claims the party is "committed to a
pluralistic Tunisia. The Tun