sidi bouzid

Sidi Bouzid, the Tunisian Town Where the Arab Spring Began

TIME's Yuri Kozyrev visits the town where 26-year-old street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in December 2010, igniting a rebellion that toppled the government and roiled the Arab world.
Photographs by Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME

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