Read Tunisian Suicide-Protester's Last Facebook Post

Mohamed Bouazizi wrote a Facebook message to his mother hours before setting himself on fire. His suicide triggered the uprisings that crescendoed Friday with Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali abandoning his post and fleeing to Saudi Arabia Friday.

Last month, Mohamed Bouazizi wrote a Facebook message to his mother hours before setting himself on fire. The suicide triggered the social protests that crescendoed with Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali abandoning his post and fleeing to Saudi Arabia Friday. A copy of his final message surfaced, and you can read it below.


In a country where the average unemployment rate for college graduates is 23 percent, Mohamed Bouazizi was just another former student who did what he could to survive.

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