Marginalized Adulthood: Insight on Youth Exclusion in Tunisia

In December 2010, a 26-years old young Tunisian man Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire, demanding employability and better socio-economic conditions for living. By that, Bouazizi sparked off the Arab Uprisings, triggering protests in Tunisia with his death in January 2011. The protests spread to other countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), resulting in revolutions, overthrown governments, long-term destructive wars, or almost failed states in different countries of the region. In January 2011, the government of Tunisia was overthrown, and the presidency of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was in power for 24 years, ended.