We ask whether the Tunisian uprising will spread to other countries in the region. |
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Tunisian president, has been toppled by an uprising, which has left other Arab leaders concerned that their people may follow suit.
The unrest began when Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old unemployed graduate, set himself on fire after police confiscated fruit and vegetables he was selling because he had no permit.
His self-immolation sparked demonstrations across the country in which protesters burned tyres and chanted slogans demanding jobs.
On this episode of Inside Story, we ask whether anyone could have predicted that the protests would lead to this or whether the signs of revolution were already in place. And what impact might it have on other states in the region?
To discuss this, David Foster is joined by Noureddine Miladi, a senior lecturer in media and sociology at the University of Northampton, Abdullah al-Ashal, a professor of international law at the American University and a former assistant to Ahmed Maher, the former Egyptian foreign minister, and John Entelis, a professor of political science at Fordham University and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of North African Studies - the world's only English-language academic journal on North Africa.
The unrest began when Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old unemployed graduate, set himself on fire after police confiscated fruit and vegetables he was selling because he had no permit.
His self-immolation sparked demonstrations across the country in which protesters burned tyres and chanted slogans demanding jobs.
On this episode of Inside Story, we ask whether anyone could have predicted that the protests would lead to this or whether the signs of revolution were already in place. And what impact might it have on other states in the region?
To discuss this, David Foster is joined by Noureddine Miladi, a senior lecturer in media and sociology at the University of Northampton, Abdullah al-Ashal, a professor of international law at the American University and a former assistant to Ahmed Maher, the former Egyptian foreign minister, and John Entelis, a professor of political science at Fordham University and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of North African Studies - the world's only English-language academic journal on North Africa.
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