US EditionTunisia Observes 15th Anniversary of Outbreak of Revolution
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Fifteen years ago, a man set himself on fire, sparking a wildfire of protests in Arab countries. In most places, they brought no more freedom with them. One country was the exception until recently.
On 17 December 2010, a vegetable dealer in Tunisia set himself on fire out of desperation. This act is regarded as the trigger for the so-called Arab Spring. The foreign editor Anne Allmeling visited the country and told about her impressions in the podcast.
Who would still think of commemorating December 17, 2010 and the desperate gesture of a young fruit seller from Sidi Bouzid who was the originator of what would become the Tunisian revolution, at the origin of the greatest political upheaval in the Arab world since the 1960s? Fifteen years later, the reality is far too bitter to think of honoring this defracated symbol again.
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