Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates

Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid on 2010-12-17 in protest against police harassment. His act triggered the Tunisian revolution that overthrew Ben Ali on 2011-01-14 and sparked the broader Arab Spring across the region.

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Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a23a22aa-9706-4dc9-964e-ec4d2bcc06e6

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a23a22aa-9706-4dc9-964e-ec4d2bcc06e6.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-a23a22aa-9706-4dc9-964e-ec4d2bcc06e6,
  title     = {{Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a23a22aa-9706-4dc9-964e-ec4d2bcc06e6},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2010-12-17. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2010-12-17. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.