The ‘Sidi Bouzid syndrome’ claims another victim in Egypt, protesting unemployment.
Tag: domino effect
Tunisia fallout in Egypt
Repression, corruption, unemployment, and an entrenched ruling family pushed the Tunisian population to revolt. Those same conditions exist in many other Arab countries including Egypt where President Hosni Mubarak has been in power for 29 years.
Bouzidi and Sidi Bouzid
My Algerian friend Fatiha Bouzidi posted this as a facebook status, and I quote with her permission:
In a correspondence with Al Ahram Printing House: “Dear Mrs. Fatiha Bouzidi, we would like firstly to extend our best greetings to you and all the Tunisian people.” How sweet! I’ll let them think I’m Tunisian.