M E STU 10 Lecture 7: Tunisia Setting the Arab Uprisings in Motion

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Middle Eastern Studies
• Course: M E STU 10
• Professor: Mahmood Monshipouri

Document Summary

At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, were killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach. 31 october 2016 in the tunisian resort town of sousse. In kasserine (thala), the security forces went on their worst rampage, killing 22 people and injuring about 200 between january 8 and 12, 2011. Life expectancy: 73 years (men), 77. 8 years (women) Main exports: agricultural products, textiles, and oil. Occupied over the centuries by phoenicians, romans, arabs, spaniard, ottoman turks, and finally by the french. French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. The (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455)"s first preside(cid:374)t, habib bourguiba (1956-1987), dominated the country for. 31 years, representing islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other arab nation. The 1956 tunisian code of personal status (cps): represented one of the initial reformist policies even known in the arab world. In november 1987, bourguiba was removed from office and replaced by zine el abidine.