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Peace Prize EFTA00673212 Inline image 1 Although there is still unrest in the country, one of the biggest successes of The Arab Spring has to be Tunisia. This former North African colony of almost eleven million people which became independent of France on March 20, 1956 was led by Zine El Abidine Be
ntry in a bloodless coup In November 1987. Ben Ali and his family were accused of corruption and plundering the country's money with the First Lady Leila Ben Ali was described as an "unabashed shopaholic" who used the state airplane to make frequent unofficial trips to Europe's fashion capitals. Tunisia refu
ab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D. Kaplan February 27, 2011 -- With the toppling of autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia - and other Arab dictators, such as Libya's, on the ropes - some have euphorically announced the arrival of democracy in the Middle East. But someth
y of riches and vanity. Shame — a great, disciplining force in Arab life of old — quit Arab lands. In Tunisia, a hairdresser-turned-despot's wife, Leila Ben Ali, now pronounced on all public matters; in Egypt the despot's son, Gamal Mubarak, brazenly staked a claim to power over 80 million people; in Syria,
ab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D. Kaplan February 27, 2011 -- With the toppling of autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia - and other Arab dictators, such as Libya's, on the ropes - some have euphorically announced the arrival of democracy in the Middle East. But someth
y of riches and vanity. Shame — a great, disciplining force in Arab life of old — quit Arab lands. In Tunisia, a hairdresser-turned-despot's wife, Leila Ben Ali, now pronounced on all public matters; in Egypt the despot's son, Gamal Mubarak, brazenly staked a claim to power over 80 million people; in Syria,
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