Burning jasmine for the revolution’s ghosts
by ST McNeil
Adel Khedhri climbed the white marble steps of the Municipal Theater in downtown Tunis covered in gasoline. Blaming an economy wracked by the legacies of neoliberal authoritarianism and post-revolutionary instability, the 27-year-old fruit vendor came to follow the fiery example of Mohamed Bouazizi. “This is a young man who sells cigarettes because of unemployment—this is Tunisia, this is unemployment,” he shouted March 13 before igniting himself. Police rushed to his engulfed body on the steps of the enormous white marble Francophone building in the middle [...]
Categories: Africa North, Clips, Middle East, SISMEC, Tunisia • Tags: Adel Khedhri, Chokri Belaid, Ennahdha, Hamadi Jabali, Jasmine Revolution, Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisia
