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Mohamed Bouazizi

Tunisian protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi near the prime minister's office in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 28, 2011.

Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.

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“One day, I hope all Tunisians live in dignity. That’s what my brother wished for,” said Leila Bouazizi, sister of the Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010.

Supporters of the secular Nida Tounes (Call of Tunisia) party movement wave flags and shout slogans during parliamentary elections.

Secular parties won Tunisia’s election, but they may have to govern with Islamists

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A man holds a Sudanese flag as he chants slogans against the government's deadly crackdown on people protesting against subsidy cuts late last month, during a demonstration after Friday prayers in north Khartoum

How the death of a pharmacist in Sudan has fueled anti-government protests

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‘The Protester’ named Time magazine’s Person of the Year

Global Politics

Audio: rare interview with Wikileaks’ Julian Assange

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Mother of Mohamed Bouazizi Speaks About Son Who Sparked Revolution

Two years ago Monday, Mohamed Bouazizi committed a personal act of protest. The young fruit seller from the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid set himself on fire – and set off a revolution.

One Reporter Looks Back at His Year in the Arab Spring

On December 17, 2010, Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest of his treatment at the hands of municipal officials. His act of desperation would become the catalyst for a full-scale revolution that would sweep across North Africa and into the Middle East in what would become known as the Arab […]

The World

Social Media and the Arab Spring

Conflict & Justice

Technology and social media have played key roles in many of the pro-democracy movements of the Arab Spring.

Graphic Video of Tortured 13-year-old Galvanizes Syrian Protestors

The Tunisian revolt was inspired by Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor who set himself on fire after police officers confiscated his cart. In Egypt, the revolution was kindled by the beating death of Khaled Said, an ordinary Alexandrian. Now, Syrian protesters may have found a martyr to unite under: 13-year-old Syrian boy Hamzah Al-Khatib. […]

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Remembering Tunisia’s ‘martyr’

Conflict & Justice

A fruit vendor in Tunisia who set himself on fire in December started a revolution. Now Mohamed Bouazizi is remembered as a hero, but as Megan Williams reports, his relatives say they’re being shunned.