Al-Jazeera from 2014 on Ben Ali’s corruption.
- Police state and use of violence to suppress the population.
- Wikileaks data showed that Ben Ali’s regime was run like a mafia.
- Used national resources for personal gain.
- Highly educated population with limited employment opportunities.
- Economic sectors: agriculture, phosphates and mineral mining, exporting bottled water, fishing, tourism, real estate.
- Muslim Women’s Union
- Trade unions (coopted)
- Secular/Islamist
- An-Nahda (Islamic Tendency Movement)
- hardliners, pragmatic conservatives, and liberal Islamists.
Reflection.