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Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution · TURNING POINT ·

Mohamed Bouazizi (2010)

17 Dec 2010 — Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor whose produce scales are confiscated by a municipal inspector, sets himself on fire outside the governorate building in Sidi Bouzid. Protests begin that afternoon; he dies on 4 January.

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Turning point
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Tunisian Revolution (chapter 9 of Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution)
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Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015
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TURNING POINT · PROTEST AND CHANGE: SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND TUNISIA, 1945–2015

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