A Decade After Arab Spring, Tunisia Fails To Keep Up With Process Of Democratization

By Sania Farooqui*

Ten years ago a young street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in the central Tunisian provincial town of Sidi Bouzid to protest against police harassment. Bouazizi’s sacrificial act served as a catalyst and inspired the Tunisian people to take over the streets that led to the Jasmine Revolution...