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Mohamed Bouazizi, who was known locally as "Babousa", [8] was born in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on 29 March 1984. [9] His father, a construction worker in Libya, died of a heart attack when Bouazizi was three, and his mother married Bouazizi's uncle some time later.
The catalyst for the escalation of protests was the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi. Unable to find work and selling fruit at a roadside stand, Bouazizi had his wares confiscated by a municipal inspector on 17 December 2010. An hour later he doused himself with gasoline and set himself afire.
Twenty-six-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi had been the sole income earner in his extended family of eight. He operated a vegetable or apple cart (the contents of the cart are disputed) for seven years in Sidi Bouzid, 300 kilometres (190 miles) south of Tunis. On 17 December 2010, a female officer confiscated his cart and produce.
In 2011 Tunisian musician Emel Mathlouthi covered the song in Arabic for the memory of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.
2010 December Protests arose in Tunisia following Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation. On 29 December, protests begin in Algeria 2011 January Protests arose in Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, & Morocco. The government was overthrown in Tunisia on 14 January 2011. On 25 January 2011, thousands of protesters in Egypt gathered in Tahrir Square, in Cairo. They demanded the resignation of ...
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Mohamed Bouazizi – Tunisian fruit vendor who immolated himself in protest of government mistreatment and sparked a successful revolution in that country and the Arab Spring. John Brown – United States, attempted to lead a slave revolt in the south by raiding Harper's Ferry, helped spark the American Civil War. [23]
Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi: 26 Tunisia: Corruption in government: Inspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Died January 4, 2011. [138] January 7, 2011 Hosni Kalaia 40 Tunisia: Corruption in government Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation. [139] January 16, 2011 ...