Ameur Al Azrak welcomes us into his babouche shop in the medina of Tunis to tell us the story of his son Elyes, who left for Syria in March 2014 to train jihadists and fight alongside ISIS. For this middle-class Tunisian family, it was more of an ideological commitment than a financial one.© Images de Tunisie — watermarked preview

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In a working-class neighborhood of Sousse, at the home of Fatiha Jebali—a mother whose son Hamza left for Syria in 2012—she remains in regular contact with her son. “She regularly receives large sums of money; she mourns his departure for jihad, but in reality she supports this decision, which has allowed her to make a living,” says a close friend.   In a working-class neighborhood of Sousse, at the home of Fatiha Jebali—a mother whose son Hamza left for Syria in 2012—she remains in regular contact with her son. “She regularly receives large sums of money; she mourns his departure for jihad, but in reality she supports this decision, which has allowed her to make a living,” says a close friend.   In a working-class neighborhood of Sousse, at the home of Fatiha Jebali—a mother whose son Hamza left for Syria in 2012—she remains in regular contact with her son. “She regularly receives large sums of money; she mourns his departure for jihad, but in reality she supports this decision, which has allowed her to make a living,” says a close friend.   In a working-class neighborhood of Sousse, at the home of Fatiha Jebali—a mother whose son Hamza left for Syria in 2012—she remains in regular contact with her son. “She regularly receives large sums of money; she mourns his departure for jihad, but in reality she supports this decision, which has allowed her to make a living,” says a close friend.   In a working-class neighborhood of Sousse, at the home of Fatiha Jebali—a mother whose son Hamza left for Syria in 2012—she remains in regular contact with her son. “She regularly receives large sums of money; she mourns his departure for jihad, but in reality she supports this decision, which has allowed her to make a living,” says a close friend.   In a working-class neighborhood of Sousse, at the home of Fatiha Jebali—a mother whose son Hamza left for Syria in 2012—she stays in regular contact with her son. His sister, Nawras, disagrees with her mother and grandmother about events affecting the family.
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Ameur Al Azrak welcomes us into his babouche shop in the medina of Tunis to tell us the story of his son Elyes, who left for Syria in March 2014 to train jihadists and fight alongside ISIS. For this middle-class Tunisian family, it was more of an ideological commitment than a financial one.

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CategoryActualités / 2016 / M33-000 Families of Young Jihadists 07/01/2016
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Date taken2016
PhotographerNicolas Fauqué
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