A decade ago, protests in Tunisia sparked the Arab Spring uprisings AFPThe early demonstrations were times of exhilaration and hope"The revolution showed me that everything is possible," says Ameni Ghimaji, remembering the heady days of the Tunisian protests that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings a decade ago. Ben Ali was ousted just hours after she was photographed, shouting and pumping her fist in the air, at a massive Tunis anti-regime rally. The Tunisia protests were triggered when an impoverished street vendor set himself alight on December 17, 2010, weighed down by despair. Less than four weeks later, Ben Ali had fled into exile, ended his 23-year rule and, drawing courage from his ouster, protesters began gathering elsewhere. "I remember, we used to chant 'freedom, freedom, freedom' and nothing else," Dahnoun told AFP by phone from Idlib city.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 23, 2020 02:48 UTC