Setting the Region Ablaze- Catalyst for the Arab Spring or Jasmine/Tunisian Revolution-Year 2011

In memory of Mr Mohammed Bouaziz

Bouazizi was posthumously awarded the 2011 Sakharov Prize as one of "five representatives of the Arab people, in recognition and support of their drive for freedom and human rights".

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/content/20111021STO30027/html/The-Arab-Spring-wins-Sakharov-Prize-2011

It all began when Tunisian fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi(Left), pushed to his limits by corrupt officials, set himself alight. His act sparked a revolutionary fire that has engulfed the region.

Source:The Straits Times Saturday, February 26 2011.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/922279--suicide-protest-helped-topple-tunisian-regime

http://www.verticalsearcher.com/2011/03/in-memory-of-mohamed-bouazizi.html

“Mohamed Bouazizi, whose sacrificial and supreme act of defiance drew our attention to the oppressive and despotic conditions under which so many of us live.”-quote from Anonymous

http://what-am-i-seeing.blogspot.sg/2011_09_01_archive.html

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mohamed-bouazizi?before=1324141797