Revolution 1: The Story of the Tunisian Uprising
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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 9 episodes
Revolution 1: The Story of the Tunisian Uprising
Latest Episodes
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?
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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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?
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Episode 7
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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.
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32:25