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At the drama center, which opened in 2019 in the new Yasminet neighborhood, Ridha Tlili—a director and native of the city—is working with young dancers to create a performance about the protest movements. 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 the city center. This marked the beginning of protests by labor unionists across the region—the start of the Tunisian revolution that would culminate on January 14, 2011, with the ouster of the dictatorial 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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