Revolution 1: The Story of the Tunisian Uprising
Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel
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Revolution 1 brings the story of the Tunisian Revolution — the uprising that ignited the Arab Spring — to life through the voices of those who lived it.
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APR 30, 2021
Episode 8: The Election
Who would lead Tunisia into the next chapter of its history — the revolutionaries who had pushed Ben Ali out of power, or the returning Islamists who had spent years exiled in Europe?
31 MIN
APR 8, 2021
Episode 7: The Kasbah Protests
Ben Ali was gone, but the trouble with popular uprisings is there's not a lot of foresight. So how do you bootstrap a democracy when you've never really had one?
32 MIN
MAR 4, 2021
Episode 6: Dégage
The final days of the revolution crashed into Tunis and onto Avenue Habib Bourguiba, but as protesters called for Ben Ali to get out, a dark secret was hiding just below their feet.
32 MIN
FEB 18, 2021
Episode 5: On the Media
The Arab Spring is often called the Twitter Revolution, but who were the people behind the keyboard sending all those tweets? And, maybe more importantly, who were the people reading and acting on the calls to protest they saw on social media? This week we follow along with Lina Ben Mhenni and other bloggers and activists who were crucial to making the Tunisian Revolution a success.
32 MIN
FEB 4, 2021
Episode 4: The Interior
As Ben Ali loses his grasp on power, we meet two young lovers who are willing to risk everything to get the protests to spread.
33 MIN
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