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Thursday 17 February 2011

Tourism in Tunisia? Only for the brave

El NACHO - 15:36
Tunisia: Stability and Reform in the Modern Maghreb (The Contemporary Middle East)Tourism in Tunisia? Only for the brave: "Tunisia has weathered riots, curfews, a state of emergency and ongoing unrest as it undergoes its historic 'Jasmine Revolution': but that has not stopped a few hardy tourists from flocking to its sunny shores.

Indeed, the heady events propelled French speech therapist Francois Huet to grab round-trip tickets for a two-day trip to Tunis 'for tourism but also to live history.'

'My heart was beating hard every day during the standoff with Ben Ali, and there was one moment I decided to go,' said 49-year-old Huet of the popular uprising that ultimately ousted longtime strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 14.

'It’s admirable what the people have done. I came to tell them I found them courageous.'"

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