Mohamed Bouazizi: the man's action which sparked the Arab Spring Revolution

This Tunisian street vendor never had any dreams bigger than saving enough money to rent or buy a pick-up truck. But when he set himself on fire out of desperation on 17 December 2010, he became a symbol of the suffering of all Tunisians. Bouazizi's death inspired the nationwide unrest that resulted in the overthrow of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian uprising, in turn, led to the Arab Spring Revolution that ultimately toppled dictatures in Libya and Egypt. The Syrian war has to be understood from this historical perspective.