The revolution in Tunisia flamed the Arab world with hope for a change. This light was carried on worldwide and initiated the protest movement that drew millions of people all over the globe into doing something, trying to find an alternative. For the first time people from Benghazi, Tel Aviv, Cairo, New York and Sidi Bouzid share the same hopes, dreams and passion.

That little town, Sidi Bouzid in the center of Tunisia, not long ago, a place of depression, unemployment and public corruption, is where it all started. We are going back to that market place. Meeting the family of Mohamed Bouazizi, a young vendor that sacrificed his life out of despair but in doing so, he started something much bigger that led Tunisia to the first democratic elections and a true spirit of change. We are also visiting Egypt and re-meet the people we followed during the first revolution throughout intensive and violent weeks, trying to understand if that is the revolution they dreamed about. With the feeling that something is also changing in Israel, we see people go out to the streets and admire their neighbors from the south, and foremost we see people starting to care.

 

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