Holiday Event

The most important significant event to occur over the first week of the Christmas break would have had to been the political protests and the call for the end to the oppressive government in Tunisia and their long time leader President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. As I look back this one event has had the biggest impact on the world, sparking the protests throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa. Up until December 18^th the protests against the Tunisia governments were peaceful but were unfortunately not changing anything. That all changed on December 18^th when a twenty-six year old Tunisian man, Mohamed Bouazizi, doused himself with flammable liquid and set himself on fire in front of a Tunisia provincial headquarters. This immolation and the violent response of the police to peaceful Tunisia protestors sparked major protests and riots throughout Tunisia and eventually most of the Middle East and Northern Africa. Without the sacrifice of one man along with the major protests throughout Tunisia for the end to their oppressive government we wouldn’t see the massive pro-democratic movement throughout the world today, ending the reign of tyrants who’ve had control over their country for decades.