Jamila Debbech Ksiksi, Black Tunisian activist and ex-member of parliament, died on December 19, 2022 in a traffic accident on the Tunis-Sfax highway, an accident which also killed her sister, Amel Debbech. Ksiksi was a key figure in the anti-racism movement in Tunisia. In collaboration with Black Tunisian and sub-Saharan civil society members, she helped mobilize against anti-Black racism following the revolution in 2011.
Lisa Bryant
TUNIS, TUNISIA Growing up in a working-class Tunis neighborhood, Zied Rouine didn't think much about his skin color. Not when children insulted him at school, or when his football teammates nicknamed him Pele, after Brazil's dark-skinned football legend.
His athletic skills and.
TUNIS, TUNISIA Growing up in a working-class Tunis neighborhood, Zied Rouine didn't think much about his skin color. Not when children insulted him at school, or when his football teammates nicknamed him Pele, after Brazil's dark-skinned football legend.
His athletic skills and the fierce.