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Benoît Challand

Benoît Challand is associate professor of sociology at the New School for Social Research. He conducted interviews in Tunisia over the summer.

MER Article

The Invisible Alienation of Tunisian Youth

The mood in Tunisia was tense after Ramadan, a month after 38 tourists were killed in the beach resort of Sousse at the end of June. Key buildings on the capital’s main boulevard, Habib Bourguiba Avenue, including the Ministry of Interior, were surrounded with barbed wire and conspicuous police prot

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