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- Author : Morgane Du Liège
- 16-09-2012
- Master : 2128
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Tunisia: Salafists against Tourists | M6 | 66 minutes
Because they found the dresses of the wife and daughter of a French politician on vacation in Bizerte (Tunisia) too short, fundamentalist extremists violently attacked him last August. The victim of kicks and blows from clubs, the regional councillor from the Sarthe narrowly escaped lynching. This attack on tourists is a first since the Tunisian revolution and the rise of the power of the Islamists. What precautions are tourists now taking in this extremist climate? How are Tunisian women, formerly very liberated, facing up to the pressure from those who are tying to force them to wear the veil?