Beginning this afternoon, shortly after (former) president Ben Ali fled Tunisia, I started getting calls about the effect of social media on the Tunisian uprising. I answered a few questions, mostly deferring reporters to friends in Tunisia for their side of the story, and then settled in for the night…only to find rantings and ravings […]
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Slim is Free
The best news of my day. Slim Amamou tweeted “I am free” at approximately 11:45pm Tunis time.
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Ben Ali to Step Down in 2014
Not the news everyone had hoped for, but news nonetheless. An email from Youssef Gaigi: Today’s speech shows definitely a major shift in Tunisia’s history. Ben Ali talked for the third time in the past month to the people. Something unprecedented, we barely knew this guy. Ben Ali talked in the Tunisian dialect instead of […]