The day Chokri Belaid was assassinated.
I will never forget that day, two years ago from now and It was my second day working as a journalist. Of course, I was really excited and so eager to go out and cover what was happening in the Tunisian streets after the assassination of #ChokriBelaid who was the biggest leftist opposition leader by then. The country went under a shock effect and everything in the capital was paralyzed.
I moved around between blocks to take some pictures of the protests and the police raids. Tear gas was the ruling element down town and the funny thing is that at some point, I realized that I was walking against the flow of people. I was going the “wrong” direction- towards the teargas- until it hit me hard. It was so impossible to breathe or to move and the streets were only filled by…
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Racha Haffar 