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Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.
Mohamed Bouazizi (2011), Tunisian street vendor, self-immolation [181] Boudica (61 AD), Queen of the Iceni, poison [182] Georges Ernest Boulanger (1891), French general and politician, gunshot [183] Dallen Bounds (1999), American serial killer, gunshot [184] Anthony Bourdain (2018), American chef, author, and television personality, hanging ...
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 ...
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.
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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: 2011 Tunisian street vendor, self-immolation, [75] set himself on fire in retaliation for having his wares stolen, and being harassed. His suicide sparked the Tunisian Revolution. Anthony Bourdain: 2018: American chef, author, and television personality, hanging, [76] suicide "appeared to be an impulsive act". Jonathan Brandis ...