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In late November, in the city center—between the cart and the portrait of Mohamed Bouazizi—some 100 unemployed college graduates gathered to demand the enforcement of a law allowing Tunisians who have been unemployed for more than 10 years to be hired in the public sector. Sidi Bouzid: A Look Back 10 Years After the Revolution. Ten years ago, on December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a young unemployed man and street vendor selling vegetables, set himself on fire in front of the governorate building in downtown Sidi Bouzid. This marked the beginning of protests by union members across the region—the start of the Tunisian revolution that would culminate on January 14, 2011, with the ouster of the dictator President Ben Ali and his family. “Work, Freedom, and Dignity”—these three words from the 2010 revolutionaries’ slogan are still chanted today in the streets of Tunisia.

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