Episode 2: Ben Ali

Revolution 1: The Story of the Tunisian Uprising

What do a yacht heist, a tiger, and a couple dozen Porsche SUVs have to do with the police state that was Tunisia in 2010?  Well, everything, actually.  Come along for the ride as we meet Zine el-Abbedin Ben Ali and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, who built their outsized lives on the broken system that was crushing Tunisia. 


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