I really thought Tunisia was doing better than this. The Arab Spring seems to have turned into a cold winter in the country where it all started.
Was it all for nothing? The Tunisian crucible of the Arab Spring
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Their cry for food and dignity sparked a wave of revolts across the Arab world. But five years on, the people of Sidi Bouzid are largely ignored
A woman sweeps on Mohamed Bouazizi Avenue in Sidi Bouzid on 14 December, 2015 (AFP)
Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
Wednesday 16 December 2015 19:22 UTC
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SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia - In downtown Sidi Bouzid, a few blocks from where Mohamed Bouazizi burned himself alive, a replica of his vegetable cart stands high above the street. An inscription reads: “Tunisia above everything.”
Two young boys stand nearby. When asked what they dream of becoming in life, the boys, both 12, respond respectively: “A police officer so I can carry a gun” and “a football player for Olympique Sidi Bouzid”.
Their answers are cliche for young boys, but symbolic nonetheless. Sidi Bouzid’s only source of dignity since the revolution has been its football team and many of its residents see the country returning back to a one-party system which dominated for decades in the form of a police state.
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Was it all for nothing? The Tunisian crucible of the Arab Spring
Was it all for nothing? The Tunisian crucible of the Arab Spring
#Tunisia
Their cry for food and dignity sparked a wave of revolts across the Arab world. But five years on, the people of Sidi Bouzid are largely ignored
A woman sweeps on Mohamed Bouazizi Avenue in Sidi Bouzid on 14 December, 2015 (AFP)
Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
Wednesday 16 December 2015 19:22 UTC
Last update:
Thursday 17 December 2015 12:25 UTC
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Topics:
Tunisia
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Sidi Bouzid, Mohamed Bouazizi, Arab Spring, Tunisia
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SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia - In downtown Sidi Bouzid, a few blocks from where Mohamed Bouazizi burned himself alive, a replica of his vegetable cart stands high above the street. An inscription reads: “Tunisia above everything.”
Two young boys stand nearby. When asked what they dream of becoming in life, the boys, both 12, respond respectively: “A police officer so I can carry a gun” and “a football player for Olympique Sidi Bouzid”.
Their answers are cliche for young boys, but symbolic nonetheless. Sidi Bouzid’s only source of dignity since the revolution has been its football team and many of its residents see the country returning back to a one-party system which dominated for decades in the form of a police state.
- See more at:
Was it all for nothing? The Tunisian crucible of the Arab Spring