'He ruined us': 10 years on, Tunisians curse man who sparked Arab spring
But a decade since he set himself on fire in protest at state corruption and brutality, Bouazizi is out of fashion in Tunisia – along with the revolution his death inspired. His family have moved to Canada and cut most ties with Sidi Bouzid. "They were smeared," says Bilal Gharby, 32, a family friend.
In Sidi Bouzid's main street a passerby, Fathiya Iman, 54, when asked what she thinks of Bouazizi, looks to his picture across the road. "I curse at it," she says. "I want to bring it down. He's the one that ruined us."
The Arab Spring and it's supposed revolution status still bear serious analysis. Any time I read articles like this, that cuts back on what was supposed to be a revolution, I think of Antonio Negri, again. The people, as the constitute force, keeps knocking themaselves gainst the rampart of the constituent power, and keep failing.
Adeshina
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