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On Friday, December 17, 2010, 26-year-old Muhammad Bouazizi went to work as usual in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid. The sole breadwinner in his family, Muhammad had been supporting his mother and six siblings since he left secondary school after his father died. His entire family relied on the money he made selling fruit and vegetables from a cart.
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McMillan, M.E. (2013). Introduction. In: Fathers and Sons. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137297891_1
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