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Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.
Riadh Ben-Khemais Bouazizi (Arabic: رِيَاض بْن خَمِيس الْبُوعَزِيزِيّ; born 8 April 1973) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Bouazizi started his career with Étoile du Sahel where he amassed over 200 league appearances.
Bouazizi is an Arabic surname. Notable people with the surname include: Mohamed Bouazizi (1984–2011), Tunisian activist Mohamed-Bouazizi Square;
A father with Algerian jewish roots and a mother of Ukrainian origin, Emmanuelle Bouaziz studied dance at the Rick Odums Performing Arts Institute where she graduated as a dance teacher, and acting at cours Peyran-Lacroix in Paris and The Actor Centre in London.
A humiliated Bouazizi then went to the provincial headquarters in an attempt to complain to local municipality officials and to have his produce returned. He was refused an audience. Without alerting his family, at 11:30 am and within an hour of the initial confrontation, Bouazizi returned to the headquarters, doused himself with a flammable ...
The catalyst for the escalation of protests was the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi. Unable to find work and selling fruit at a roadside stand, Bouazizi had his wares confiscated by a municipal inspector on 17 December 2010. An hour later he doused himself with gasoline and set himself afire.
Harka is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film, written and directed by Lotfy Nathan, in his narrative directorial debut, inspired by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation that sparked the Tunisian revolution and Arab Spring in 2010 and 2011. It stars Adam Bessa, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi and Najib Allagui.
Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi: 26 Tunisia: Corruption in government: Inspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Died January 4, 2011. [137] January 7, 2011 Hosni Kalaia 40 Tunisia: Corruption in government Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation. [138] January 16, 2011 ...