Posted on 07/25/2023 1:33:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Tunisian rapper El General was just 21 when his haunting, raw video Rais Lebled, or Mr President, went viral in late 2010.
Standing in a darkened, sewage strewn alley - festooned in graffiti - he ripped into the country's then dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali - in a way none had dared before.
Born Hamada Ben Amor, the fiery young man's explosive song gave voice to the anger, frustration and despair of a whole generation.
"I knew there would be consequences, which scared me due to my young age. I realised the danger of what I had done," he tells the BBC at his studio in the coastal city of Sfax.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
What’s up? Is someone planning a color-revolution in Tunisia?
The IMF and any other world "Do Good" "organizations" will never have to interfere with or manipulate Tunisians again.
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