Tunisia sheds democracy to popular acclaim. Roger McShane @TheEconomist

Photo: Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi  (29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Ben Arous, Tunisia, which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes. His self-immolation was in response to the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. Here: his last days; screen grab. 

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Tunisia sheds democracy to popular acclaim. Roger McShane @TheEconomist

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/07/28/the-way-out-of-tunisias-crisis?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e