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Claire Parker, Francisco Serrano, Omar Alshogre, Francisco Serrano, Omar Alshogre

Ben Ali’s Ghost Still Haunts Tunisia

A Tunisian woman carrying a dog gestures with her middle finger at police officers during a demonstration in Tunis on Jan. 30. ANIS MILI / AFP

TUNIS—The scenes on Tunisian streets in January seemed like deja vu: Teenagers throwing stones at police. Chants calling for the fall of the regime. An embattled head of government on television, pleading for calm and met with derision.

A decade after the Arab Spring, a new generation of Tunisians are voicing their anger with the government, as time and democracy have failed to resolve the underlying grievances of the 2011 uprising.

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