sending love to protestors

"I would like to kiss every martyr's mother on the head," she says before a huge poster of her late son. "And I pray that God may grant them the serenity and patience to bear the unbearable. May Libya become a free country."

On December 19 last year, 26-year-old Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in response to his anger of the corrupt regime. His revolt initated demonstrations that have now taken place worldwide. Not Ghonim of Egypt but rather Mohamed of Tunisia become the hero of the world and the symbol of freedom.


Bouazizi, set himself on fire to protest the police that wanted to confiscat his fruit cart bc it was "unlicensed".

After his revolt, a domino effect of of demonstrations followed, first in Tunisia, then in Egypt and Yemen and Bahrain and Libya. I am sure Bouazizi never would have imagined this happening but because of him, the people have awoken.

His mother talks to aljazeera and recorded a message to the protesters in the other Arab states, specifically Libya, reaching out to those who are losing their lives to dictatorial regimes the way her son did.