Tunis. Tunis. Tunis. I am still reeling. Bon courage.
Please, I hope everyone stays safe.
Mounir Khelifa. Have I mentioned recently that I adore this man?
Moureen wrote to see if he was ok and he responded with this most beautiful letter:
"How can I talk about the great historic events shaking Tunisia now without thinking of William Wordsworth describing his feelings about the French Revolution:
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven...
Yes, at the risk of waxing too lyrical I would say that Tunisia at present is fashioning the first modern Western-style democratic revolution in the Arab and Islamic world.
Civil society and the youth brought down the dictator that the French paper Liberation dubbed the Ceausescu of the sand! Tyrannical power is weak 5another quote from WW) and we, alas, tend to forget it. Ben Ali and his cronies collapsed after 21 days of a momentous popular uprising that began as street riots in a small provincial city (Sidi Bouzid), escalated into nationwide protests and culminated into a political revolution that ousted him on Friday 14 January.
Now democratic transition: a government of national unity was formed tonight: it has 6 ruling party (RCD) members but 13 of the ministerial portfolios went to the opposition parties and to personalities from civil society.
One secretary of state (for IT) went to a 26-year old blogger who hacked Ben Ali's censorship apparatus and allowed millions of Tunisians to share information and videos on the insurrection in real time! Isn't this amazing!
The Islamists are still out there and waiting to reap the fruits, but we'll be vigilant. No Islamic Republic here, the revolution was a civil and democratic one, and we we won't allow anyone to steal it. Yes we'll be vigilant.
Tunisians are great, they are 'tayyara.' You'll be proud of them."
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