Saturday, January 22, 2011

When Tunisians joke about their revolution

Special Envoy in Tunis - An anthology of jokes circulating in the "land of jasmine" since the fall of the regime of Ben Ali, a week ago. [The family of Leila Trabelsi, the wife of the ousted president, a former hairdresser, Tunisia has fleeced.] [Ben Ali had made this microcredit bank for the poor a source of pride.] [14 to January 16, Tunisia has seen Ben Ali and the current Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi transition, followed by former parliament speaker and current acting president Fouad Mbazaâ.] [Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi expressed regret at the departure Ben Ali that he still considered the "legal president."] [An allusion to the demonstration on January 14, Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, which precipitated the departure of Ben Ali.] [Former President Ben Ali has found refuge in Saudi Arabia.] "Ben Ali promised us 300,000 jobs.

He gave us 10 million jobs ... guardian of the neighborhood." [Allusion to the vigilance committees formed by the Tunisians to defend neighborhoods armed militia of Ben Ali.] Interview by Isabelle Mandraud

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