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over 250,000 people joined the biggest demonstration in the capital since protests against war in Iraq in 2003

The Islamic threat is always a foolproof mean to spread confusion especially when targeted toward the younger population. The threat of the communist unbelievers will irritate even the moderate Muslims. Add to all that the ongoing refugee crisis on the border and you’ve got a very confused Tunisian who just wants to get over with this whole mess.

The chain reaction that started in Sidi Bouzid and spread around the country (and later throughout the whole region), will mark the beginning of a new era of global politics. The imperial forces are watching with awe their mighty shepherds being defied, chased away and trampled underfoot by the angry mobs of people who simply hit rock bottom and didn’t have much to lose but their balls and chains. A true grassroot movement, with no leadership to be held accountable, left the imperial forces puzzled by the situation. With no one to antagonize (as in the case of Cuba, Venezuela, El Salvador, Iraq…), they had no choice but play along the “Revolution” game while trying to implement a damage control strategy behind the scene.

no role model to aspire to

Regueb, with 7,000 inhabitants, is one of the most fully mobilised places.

epresentatives of the inhabitants of Regueb attended a meeting in the provincial governorate of Sidi Bouzid calling for a regional hospital for the town; a local covered market square for the fruits and vegetables produced in Regueb; and the removal from power of all the groups of people connected to the regime of Ben Ali.

The success of Portugal’s revolution was not inevitable. There was a significant period of political instability, social unrest and economic dislocation, and there were even efforts to hijack the revolution and take the country down an anti-democratic path.

Tunisia and Egypt have received the overwhelming majority of the nearly 740,000 people who have left Libya

They have done so in a very generous way — opening their borders, homes and hearts. At the Tunisian border, I was moved to see local poor families sharing what little they had with the newcomers.

A la télévision, rien de neuf. Aucune nouvelle chaîne n'a été lancée depuis la chute de l'ancien régime

Dans les kiosques, deux ou trois nouveaux titres seulement

A Radio Sfax ou Radio Monastir, deux stations publiques régionales, l'information vit encore sous l'ère Ben Ali