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While every Revolution is unique, the Tunisian Revolution was the first cry from the Arab World against autocracy. Tunisians expressed their rage against poverty, unemployment, deprivation, and discrimination. On December 17, 2010, in a small southern town called Sidi Bouzid, Mohamed Bouazizi, a produce-seller, spun the wheels of history when a police woman stepped in to seize his products.
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Bouguerra, F., Aboulkacem, S. (2016). Vulnerability of the Tunisian Education System. In: Mohamed, E., Gerber, H.R., Aboulkacem, S. (eds) Education and the Arab Spring. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-471-8_4
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