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Mohamed Ashraf Ayadi

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Mohamed Ashraf Ayadi is a freelance producer, journalist and researcher on Tunisian affairs.

Mohamed Ashraf Ayadi is a freelance producer, journalist and researcher on Tunisian affairs. He has contributed as a producer and journalist to several media outlets including Al Jazeera English, HuffPost, the BBC, The guardian Deutsche Welle and Radio Canada.Ashraf, who is also a civil society activist on issues related to minorities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, earned his MA in Information Sciences and Communication from the University of Tunis. His particular interests are gender and inequalities in Middle Eastern cultures and politics, minorities, civil society, and humanitarian issues in the MENA context. Ashraf is originally from Tunisia and currently based in Montreal, Canada.Find Ashraf on LinkedIn.

Tunisian protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi near the prime minister's office in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 28, 2011.

Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.

Global Politics

“One day, I hope all Tunisians live in dignity. That’s what my brother wished for,” said Leila Bouazizi, sister of the Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010.