Monday, July 11, 2011

Update to post: Misogyny catalyzes unrest... [from January 2011]

Update to post: Misogyny catalyzes unrest... [from January 2011]

The BBC published a great follow-up in June that echoes some of my thoughts in January this year.

To re-cap: The woman thought to have slapped Tarek 'Mohammed' Bouazizi spent 110 days in jail. She did not receive due process, nor has any proof of her wrong-doing ever been established.

Meanwhile, there are accusations that the family of the Bouazizi who died from self-immolation 'cashed in' on the revolution, and that the real hero is another man of the same name--alive and well--is the real hero.