New Issue of the Week: Revolution in Tunisia
Tags: POSTAGE stamps; TUNISIA -- History -- Revolution, 2010-; BOUAZIZI, Mohamed, 1984-2011
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- 2011: Year of Rebellion. Hargis, Mike // Anarcho-Syndicalist Review;Winter2012, Issue 57, p3
The article discusses the rebellion that flourished in many countries across the globe in 2011. The rebellion starts with the protest of Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, for police harassment that resulted to a sacrificial fire that swept the Arab world. It points out that the Arab...
- Where Is the Arab Voltaire? Qasem, Islam // Foreign Policy in Focus;5/5/2011, p5
The article discusses the profound repercussions of Tunisian Mohamed Bouaziz's self-immolation in the social, political, and economic upheavals in the Arab world. It mentions that his deed sparked a series of protest movements in Tunisia that led to the ouster of its President. The article,...
- COMMENT. Lancaster, Pat // Middle East;Feb2011, Issue 419, p6
In this article the author discusses the demonstration happened in Tunisia in December 2010 due to the alleged high employment, food inflation and corruption. She is hopeful that the incident would not happen again and that the corrupt government would be vanished. She accounts the incident of...
- COMMENT. Lancaster, Pat // Middle East;Mar2011, Issue 420, p6
In this article the author discusses the change and reform in the Middle East. He mentions the plight of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia, who burned himself to death after he refused to pay the required bribe to a policewoman. Also discussed is the implication of Bouazizi's suicide which has become...
- The World Is Finally Fighting Off the Infection of Neoliberalism. Charney, Scott // Foreign Policy in Focus;11/1/2011, p4
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- TURNING TO TUNISIA. Vivarelli, Nick // Daily Variety;2/1/2011, Vol. 310 Issue 22, p8
The article reports on the decision of Quinta Communications topper Tarak Ben Ammar will to produce and finance a film about Mohamed Bouazizi, the man who set himself on fire, leading to the revolution in Tunisia.
- Lessons from Tunisia's uprising. Yedder, Omar Ben // New African;Feb2011, Issue 503, p20
The article focuses on the lessons learnt from the historic revolution in Tunisia in 2011. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia was prompted when Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old unemployed graduate set himself on fire after officials prevented him from selling vegetables. The incident has revealed...
- THE CASBAH COALITION. Coll, Steve // New Yorker;4/4/2011, Vol. 87 Issue 7, p34
The article discusses the sit-in in Tunisia where people are seeking to force the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. The protests that have occurred in Tunis, the capital city, in front of the prime minister's office are described. The political history of Tunisia in the 20th...
- Tunisia: The People's Revolution. Wadlow, Ren� // Peace Magazine;Apr/Jun2011, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p11
The article reports that the wave of the people's revolution has swept over Tunisia and pushed President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali to exile in Saudi Arabia. The author states that the suicide protest of a college educated vendor Mohamed Bouazizi, and the police repression at his funeral has...
