Youth and Revolution in Tunisia, by Alcinda Honwana, is a book written in 2013, two years after the Tunisian Revolution. The author explains the Tunisian youth’s involvement in every step of the revolution, providing a unique, but essential perspective on the events that took place.

INTRODUCTION:

The author establishes that the uprisings in Tunisia were ignited and spread initially by the youth and social media, before older people playing a ‘political game’ took the power out of their hands. This introduction goes on to explain the author’s research process in writing the book, which was comprised mostly of interviews with Tunisia’s youth, before giving a brief overview of Tunisia’s pre-uprising history and finally, a summary the topics to be discussed in the upcoming pages. Continue reading →