In a Mining Region, Lingering Echoes of Tunisia’s Uprising – The New York Times

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In a Mining Region, Lingering Echoes of Tunisia’s Uprising

“West of Life” looks at the troubled history of a region in Tunisia where protests by miners preceded the uprising that led to the Arab Spring.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/in-a-mining-region-lingering-echoes-of-tunisias-uprising/?module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-4&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=In%20a%20Mining%20Region%2C%20Lingering%20Echoe

Two years ago, Zied Ben Romdhane — who was originally trained as a businessman in Tunis until he found his voice as a photographer in 2008 — started to notice the activity. And he began to wonder about the root of the labor tensions in a country where the unemployment rate remains over 15 percent