Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest last December, launching the Arab Spring from the small Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid. Now his family has moved away, facing the scorn of locals who say they’re cashing in at the city’s expense.
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A project from highly touted French street artist JR lets Tunisian photographers take over the boulevards once patrolled by Ben Ali’s security forces — and watched over by his image.
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How Laughter Saved Tunisia
Essay: Who says that all revolutionaries should be grim and gloomy? It certainly wasn’t the case in Tunisia, where humor has always been used as a political weapon.
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How Laughter Saved Tunisia
Essay: Who says that all revolutionaries should be grim and gloomy? It certainly wasn’t the case in Tunisia, where humor has always been used as a political weapon.
Europe’s leading Muslim intellectual warns against demonizing Islamic movements, and challenges the West to truly stand for democracy in Arab world. (SFU) Tariq Ramadan is used to pushing the boundaries. But even Europe’s most beloved and reviled Muslim intellectual, and grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, could not have predicted what is happening […]
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The Tunisia Effect
The Arab world wonders if other dominoes will fall in the face of popular discontent Anti-police protesters in Cairo (Justicentric) EYES INSIDE – THE MIDDLE EAST As news of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s toppling rippled all the way to Yemen, those Arab regimes choosing to comment were quick to offer their congratulations […]
Immigration and energy dependence mean Europe is too close to afford to keep cozying up with autocratic regimes in the face of restless North African and the Middle Eastern youth. One might be tempted to see the ousting of Tunisian leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as a case of déjà vu. After all, the […]
One-party rule and too few jobs are stirring anger in North Africa President Ben Ali (Sarah Murray) EYES INSIDE – TUNISIA The popular uprising in Tunisia, and the government’s violent crackdown, has now entered its third week – and finally reached the streets of the capital. The stakes couldn’t be higher for President Zine El […]
After the Tunisian government blocks access to information about mass protests, Anonymous cyber-activists have begun attacking official websites.