Why Tunisians are still out on the streets a decade after the Dignity Revolution
By Saerom Han & Andrea Teti & Pamela Abbott - The Conversation LISTEN
MAR 1, 2021
Tunisian demonstrators gather during a protest in Tunis, Tunisia on February 06, 2021. - Source: Photo by Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
It has been 10 years since nation-wide protests in Tunisia led to the ousting of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his regime. Ben Ali led Tunisia for 23 years. Tunisia s “Dignity Revolution” marked the first time a long-standing Arab autocrat was removed by a mass uprising.
The protests were driven by unemployment, food inflation, corruption, lack of political freedom and poor living conditions in the country.