See also 2011 Arab Uprisings: Tunisia
- al-Ḥabīb al-Sālimī (1951-, Tunisia) – Nisāʾ al-Busātīn (‘Women of the Bustan’, 2010). Tawfīq, a Tunisian teacher living in France, travels to the capital of Tunisia for 19 days and stays with his brother in the Bustan neighborhood. During his stay, Tawfīq narrates the daily life of his middle-class family members, such as his two sisters; one of whom is religious and the other rebels against social rules. In the meantime, he sees the men around him having affairs while pretending to be religious. The novel reflects on Tunisian society during the last ruling years of Ben Ali, a time in which bureaucratic corruption was widespread, police controlled the streets, and there was increased religiosity.
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