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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Sixty Six: Using political iconography to express ideas > Tradition, Tozeur, Tunisia, 2008
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11-NOV-2008

Tradition, Tozeur, Tunisia, 2008

Tunisia’s president Ben Ali (since deposed) is usually portrayed wearing western clothes. This large poster, which dominates a major intersection in Tozeur, shows him wearing traditional garments. It is a shift in political iconography -- an appeal, no doubt, to those Tunisians who cherish traditional values. His strategists portray him here as a man of all the people. It would be the people of Tunisia who would eventually drive him from office in a January, 2011 revolt.

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