A pool full of debris and a burned-out car stand in as memento of Tunisia’s January revolution, in which the popular uprising forced then political elite to flee the country. This looted house once belonged to Houssem Trabelsi, the youngest brother of Leila, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali’s wife. Many of the despoiled houses remain open for the passersby’s reminiscent perusal or further contribution to the demise of once fancy property.
Away from the suburbs of Tunis, in its center on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the scenery and energy are much less quiet these days. Perhaps in gathering up of a new storm: as Tunisian youth seems strongly suspicious of the former regime’s remnant influence on the country’s young democracy.
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