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Oh my God!!! The number of self-immolations in Tunisia:
2 in 2010
91 in 2011
63 in 2012
11 in 2013
Source: Mosaique FM. But they have not reported on the number of deaths.

Adel Khadri, a 27-year-old cigarette street vendor set himself on fire on Tunis’ main street Habib Bourguiba Avenue on March 12, 2013. According to eye witnesses, Khadri shouted: “This is a young man who sells cigarettes because of unemployment,” before flames consumed his body. Khadri passed away early this morning at Ben Arous’ Burns Hospital.

Cigarette Vendor Sets Himself on Fire, Self-immolations Continue in Tunisia

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“They buried the poor alive”: Graffiti by Zwewla. Photo by Hamideddine Bouali We created this graffiti movement because no one speaks about us and the problems of unemployment, poverty and marginalization that we face. So, we have decided to speak for ourselves. Why graffiti? Graffiti is more accessible for the Tunisian [citizen] who does not have access to Facebook, for instance. Tunisian Graffiti artists Bouagila and Berriche face charges of “writing, without permission, on public property”, “breaching the state of emergency” and “publishing fake news that could disturb public order”.  More here: Two Tunisian Graffiti Artists to Face Trial.

“They buried the poor alive”: Graffiti by Zwewla. Photo by Hamideddine Bouali

We created this graffiti movement because no one speaks about us and the problems of unemployment, poverty and marginalization that we face. So, we have decided to speak for ourselves. Why graffiti? Graffiti is more accessible for the Tunisian [citizen] who does not have access to Facebook, for instance.

Tunisian Graffiti artists Bouagila and Berriche face charges of “writing, without permission, on public property”, “breaching the state of emergency” and “publishing fake news that could disturb public order”. 

More here: Two Tunisian Graffiti Artists to Face Trial.

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This stereotype about Arab women is very common in the West. This stereotype is disseminated by mainstream media which erroneously depict the Arab region as a homogenous entity that looks like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan (though the last two countries are not Arab), that oppresses women. Being born, raised and educated in Tunisia, I did not face any pressure for being a woman.

Afef Abrougui, Blogger and GV author from Tunisia.

Watch her interview to find out more about Afef’s life in Tunisia, revolutions, and Global Voices. 

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Tunisia did not experience a “Twitter Revolution” says USIP report on the influence of social media on Tunisia’s public uprising in 2010-11. Nawaat reviews the report.

Tunisia did not experience a “Twitter Revolution” says USIP report on the influence of social media on Tunisia’s public uprising in 2010-11. Nawaat reviews the report.

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Seven months ago, Arafet Ben Marzou, a 31-year-old Tunisian who graduated from a Biological and Environmental Engineering School, gave up his job as a university teacher and decided to pursue his childhood dream - traveling from Tunisia to China on a bike. This travel project, entitled Wet-bike [fr], comes within the framework of an environmental battle for the conversation of wetlands and their resources. Ben Marzou’s West Asia bike tour from one Ramsar site to another aims at raising awareness about the human and environmental value of wetlands and the dangers that threaten such areas. See more photos

Seven months ago, Arafet Ben Marzou, a 31-year-old Tunisian who graduated from a Biological and Environmental Engineering School, gave up his job as a university teacher and decided to pursue his childhood dream - traveling from Tunisia to China on a bike.

This travel project, entitled Wet-bike [fr], comes within the framework of an environmental battle for the conversation of wetlands and their resources. Ben Marzou’s West Asia bike tour from one Ramsar site to another aims at raising awareness about the human and environmental value of wetlands and the dangers that threaten such areas.

See more photos

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Not a day goes by without a black African suffering from racial abuse. The most often-used insult is “Guira Guira,” which, according to some means in a local dialect “big monkey”. For many Tunisians, we black Africans are savages.
Frederick Gore Djo Bi writes on africavox.com about the rise of racism against black Africans in Tunisia.

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Yezzi, a ‘cop watch map’ launches in Tunisia, seeking to document and report police abuse: taking bribes, physical or sexual abuse, racism and death threats. Read more here. 

Yezzi, a ‘cop watch map’ launches in Tunisia, seeking to document and report police abuse: taking bribes, physical or sexual abuse, racism and death threats. 

Read more here. 

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In post-revolution Tunisia, the wounded of our revolution die in the hospitals that don’t have the equipment to treat them. Today in post-revolution Tunisia, after an eight-month fight spent in his bed, with no one to remember him and sympathize with his agony, Hassouna Ben Omar died.
Tunisia: Neglect of Those Wounded in the Revolution

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PRI’s The World interviewed Global Voices author Ahmed Medien in Tunisia about a book reading demonstration on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis on April 18, 2012 where people literally sat on the street reading books. Read more.

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Legalize It was an album by the Jamaican and pro-marijuana consumption, Peter Tosh, in 1976. NowLegalize It! is a social media campaign for the legalization of marijuana in Tunisia.

Legalize It was an album by the Jamaican and pro-marijuana consumption, Peter Tosh, in 1976. NowLegalize It! is a social media campaign for the legalization of marijuana in Tunisia.

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