This week the people of Tunisia are voting in the first free elections since the Arab spring began in the country at the turn of the year. The Guardian Tumblr is collecting what Guardian reporters are seeing, hearing and thinking in the run-up to the vote on SundayTumblr (3.0; @guardian-tunisia-2011)http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/guardian-tunisia-2011/11903683504/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_11903683504" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="706" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Volunteer election observer Arbia Jbeli, 37, explains why she put<br/> hersel forward go help in Tunisia’s first ever free vote.</p> <p>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11903683504http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11903683504Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:44:13 +0200<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/guardian-tunisia-2011/11901716608/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_11901716608" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="706" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Volunteer election observer Arbia Jbeli, 37, explains why she put<br/> hersel forward go help in Tunisia’s first ever free vote.</p> <p>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11901716608http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11901716608Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:33:31 +0200<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1GCLLDJPsnI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Intissar Ghannouchi (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GCLLDJPsnI">TheGuardian</a>)</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11872912786http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11872912786Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:30:21 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltkznxNGz11r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ISIE Press centre full to rafters- is there anything hungrier than a hall full of journalists in need of election results? </p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11869499380http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11869499380Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:38:00 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltkxdeDFJ51r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><strong>Shehani Fernando writes:</strong> Abdelleoui Mahmoud, 21, sells soft leather shoes in the souk. He voted Ettakatol because they are a bit freer than other parties. “They don’t want women to wear the niqab. I want Tunisia to be like Turkey.”  He doesn’t think An-Nahda will follow a Turkish model.<br/></span></p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11868149810http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11868149810Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:48:00 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltkfd3D4vW1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quite a good French pun from La Presse, which won’t be improved by me translating it.</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11859911192http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11859911192Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:19:00 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj9gbtr3A1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wissam sgaier </p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11829238836http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11829238836Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:14:00 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj69qI3Ko1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Canvassers and party members from the PDM (Pole Democratique et Moderniste) relax at their campaign HQ after polls close. </p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11826165025http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11826165025Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:05:00 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1k1YReZ1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Palestine UN chair displayed in Tunisian election press centre.</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11821897380http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11821897380Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj0rrNlYu1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11821232790http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11821232790Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:07:00 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltisbvXAFy1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11815626163http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11815626163Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:04:00 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltis6j122o1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11815550942http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11815550942Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:01:00 +0200<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0N8CIJAYO9Q?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>PDP rally, Friday night (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N8CIJAYO9Q">TheGuardian</a>)</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11814991463http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11814991463Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:34:57 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltikn4jaPi1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tarek Gasmi, a banker, and Lalhar Belkhir, a civil servant, sit on av Habib Bourghiba after voting in Tunisia’s first free elections.  </p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11812653158http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11812653158Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:18:00 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltikgqbQAv1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rim Najar and her mother safia Najar celebrate with inky fingers in<br/> central Tunis.</p> <p>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</p>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11812593306http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11812593306Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:14:50 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltih3r9Uck1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811467082http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811467082Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:02:00 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltih2fuWzZ1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811454481http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811454481Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:01:00 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltih0gxMrA1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811433857http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811433857Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltigzfxIXY1r5058ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811424265http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811424265Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:59:00 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/guardian-tunisia-2011/11811316529/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_11811316529" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811316529http://guardian-tunisia-2011.tumblr.com/post/11811316529Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:52:39 +0200tunisiatunisietnelec