Mohamed Bouazizi is the 26yr old Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on December 17 after police abused and humiliated him. He died of his burns on January 4.
His act triggering Tunisia's revolution and the all the other revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. Lest it be said, his name is going into the history books.
Menobia Bouazizi, Mohamed's mother, in support of the Libyan revolution, has a message for the families of the revolutionaries. Her family sent the video to Al Jazeera.
[LiveLeak] Mohamed Bouazizi's mother supports Libya's revolution
Dear Sir, I thought you would be interested to know that there is an active campaign to get Muhammad al Bouazizi named as Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year 2011′. Find details at http://bouazizi4time.blogspot.com/ saying how to contact Time, sign a petition etc, and it has its own Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Make-Muhammad-Al-Bouazizi-Time-Magazines-Person-of-the-Year-2011/166259130090335?sk=wall. I would invite all your readers to visit the sites to see how they can help, and to spread the word about the campaign
ReplyDeleteYours sincerely
Richard morris