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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Tunisian journalist and politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi<br />
| image = Hachemi Hamidi.jpg<br />
| birth_place = [[Sidi Bouzid]], Tunisia<br />
| nationality = Tunisian/British<br />
| occupation = Journalist,<br>businessman<br />
| party = [[Current of Love]], <br><small>''Party of Progressive Conservatives''</small><br />
}}<br />
'''Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi''' ({{lang-ar|محمد الهاشمي الحامدي}}), also spelled '''Mohamed el Hachmi El-Hamdi''', '''Hechmi Haamdi''', or '''Hachmi Hamdi''' is a Tunisian journalist, media entrepreneur and politician, who lives in London. He is founder and owner of the oppositional [[Al Mustakillah (TV channel)|Al Mustakillah]] TV channel. After the [[Tunisian Revolution]] in 2011 he founded the "Popular Petition" party later renamed to [[Current of Love]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi was born in [[Sidi Bouzid]]. He has studied [[Arabic language]] and [[Arabic literature|literature]] at the [[Tunis University]], graduating with a B.A. in 1985. He added a masters programme in Arab literature and history at the [[University of London]], which he completed in 1990. From the same school he obtained his [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctorate]] in the field of contemporary Islamic studies in 1996 from [[SOAS, University of London]].<ref>{{Citation |first=Sana |last=Ajmi |title=People's Petition for Freedom, Justice and Development |publisher=tunisia-live.net |date=25 October 2011 |url=http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/25/peoples-petition-for-freedom-justice-and-development-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84/ |accessdate=25 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029024807/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/25/peoples-petition-for-freedom-justice-and-development-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84/ |archive-date=29 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
After contributing articles to different newspapers and journals, including the London-based Arabic daily [[Asharq Al-Awsat]], he founded his own weekly Al-Mustakilla ("The Independent") in 1993, the quarterly magazine "The Diplomat" in 1996, [[Al Mustakillah (TV channel)|Al Mustakillah]] satellite TV channel in 1999, and a second TV channel, called "Democracy", in 2005.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mais qui est ce Hachemi Hamdi qui suscite tant de polémiques? |newspaper=Leaders |date=25 October 2011 |url=http://www.leaders.com.tn/article/mais-qui-est-ce-hachemi-hamdi-qui-suscite-tant-de-polemiques?id=6759 |accessdate=27 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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From the early 1980s until his resignation in 1992, Hechmi Hamdi was a member of the Tunisian Islamist [[Ennahda Movement]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Postface to an article by Hechmi Hamdi |journal=Journal of Democracy |year=1996 |url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hamdi.htm |accessdate=27 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026175344/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hamdi.htm |archivedate=26 October 2011 }}</ref> Later, he was alleged, but denied, to have developed close ties to President [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]<ref name="AFP">{{citation |title=Surprise Tunisian poll success for London-based millionaire |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=25 October 2011 |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j4MIy4frRcXDwE8QzwuDR2rbbm2g?docId=CNG.d2bfb13e2013e477cebefe8ffd8277d7.7b1 |accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref> and his party, [[Constitutional Democratic Rally|RCD]].<ref name="Tunisia Live">{{citation |first=Emily |last=Parker |title=Aridha Chaabia, "Popular Petition," Shocks Tunisian Politics |publisher=Tunisia Live |date=27 October 2011 |url=http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/27/aridha-chaabia-popular-petition-shocks-tunisian-politics/ |accessdate=27 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029185836/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/27/aridha-chaabia-popular-petition-shocks-tunisian-politics/ |archive-date=29 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2011, after the [[Tunisian revolution]], he founded the [[Popular Petition]] for Freedom, Justice and Development (Aridha Chaabia), which he promoted from his Al-Mustakilla TV channel<ref>{{citation |title=Surprise Tunisian poll success for London-based millionaire |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=25 October 2011 |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j4MIy4frRcXDwE8QzwuDR2rbbm2g?docId=CNG.d2bfb13e2013e477cebefe8ffd8277d7.7b1 |accessdate=26 October 2011}}</ref> and announced his candidature for the presidential elections.<br />
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On 4 February 2012 Hechmi Hamdi was elected secretary general of the ''Party of Progressive Conservatives'' (PPC), which is closely linked to the Popular Petition movement.<ref>{{Citation |first=Asma |last=Ghribi |title=Hechmi Hamdi Elected as Head of Party of Progressive Conservatives |work=Tunisia-live.net |date=6 February 2012 |url=http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/02/06/hechmi-hamdi-elected-as-head-of-party-of-progressive-conservatives/ |accessdate=18 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209035559/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/02/06/hechmi-hamdi-elected-as-head-of-party-of-progressive-conservatives/ |archivedate=9 February 2012 }}</ref> In May 2013 Hechmi Hamdi relaunched his Aridha movement under the new name of ''Tayar al-Mahaba'', or [[Current of Love]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gnet.tn/actualites-nationales/tunisie-hechmi-hamdi-annonce-la-creation-du-courant-d-al-mahaba/id-menu-958.html |title=Hechmi Hamdi annonce la création du "courant d'al-Mahaba" |publisher=Gnet |date=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |first=Youssef |last=Cherif |title=Democracy in the Making: Tunisia braces itself for its second free general elections |journal=The Majalla |date=26 February 2014 |url=http://www.majalla.com/eng/2014/02/article55248709 |access-date=2 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073519/http://www.majalla.com/eng/2014/02/article55248709 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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