Day 4-5: Tunisian Rapper, El General, Calls For An ‘Islamic Nation’

Twenty-two year old Hamada Ben Amor, also known as El General became last year one of the rappers of the Tunisian revolution. He released an incendiary rap song called “Head of State” around the same time as the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid. The song defied the ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben [...]

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Day 2-3: Sidi Bouzid Absent of Touristic Map

Day 2-3: Sidi Bouzid Absent of Touristic Map

Tunisia is one the most attractive destinations for vacation due to its historic heritage in Carthage, its beautiful beaches, souks and medinas (old cities). Tourism is a key source of income for the country accounting for 6.5 percent of its gross domestic product. Prior to the revolution, in 2010, seven million tourists visited the country [...]

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Day 1: Sidi Bouzid Receives No Attention of Tunisian Government

Day 1: Sidi Bouzid Receives No Attention of Tunisian Government

After five years spent outside Tunisia, I finally return to my parents’ homeland. I decided to take this trip at this particular period coinciding with the first anniversary of the Tunisian revolution. The uprisings started on Dec. 17, 2010 when Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in Sidi Bouzid after being humiliated by a policewoman who [...]

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Interfaith Women Don Veil as Common Heritage

NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)–The veil has contemporary society all stirred up. In France and Turkey, where it is banned in public spaces, several women wanting to wear a headscarf because of their religious beliefs have found themselves in violation of the law. In the 1990s, several controversies around the Islamic veil arose in France after students [...]

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Video: Tear Gas Used by Egyptian Army Provokes Severe Convulsions, Doctor Says

  Since Monday, Nov.21, demonstrations have been taking place in New york City to protest against Egypt’s Security Council of Armed Forces that are using violent means to crackdown on protesters.  Besides targeting the eyes of protesters with rubber bullets, the Egyptian army has been using deadly tear gas against the protesters who ask the [...]

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