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Dhouha Djerbi
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PhD candidate in Polisci @ Geneva Graduate Institute | Interest in rural conflict, women's movements, Tunisian politics, research methods.

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Bringing back this piece I authored for @merip.bsky.social last month as Gabes protestors have now brought their case against the polluting Tunisian Chemical Group to court.

The hearing on the case has been postponed to Jan. 22
NEW: 'We Want to Breathe' -- Dispatch from Gabes, Tunisia

Dhouha Djerbi reports from the frontlines of protests over environmental pollution in Tunisia's Gabes province that is blamed for rising rates of cancer and respiratory illness.

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'We Want to Breathe'—Dispatch from Gabes, Tunisia
A few weeks into the 2025 school year, in a middle school in Chott Essalem, Tunisia, students began to feel dizzy and light-headed and their throats tightened. Within minutes, they began collapsing,…
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"Bourguiba’s prediction proved eerily accurate. Gabes did become unrecognizable, though not in the way he had promised."

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'We Want to Breathe'—Dispatch from Gabes, Tunisia
A few weeks into the 2025 school year, in a middle school in Chott Essalem, Tunisia, students began to feel dizzy and light-headed and their throats tightened. Within minutes, they began collapsing, o...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Bringing back this piece I authored for @merip.bsky.social last month as Gabes protestors have now brought their case against the polluting Tunisian Chemical Group to court.

The hearing on the case has been postponed to Jan. 22
NEW: 'We Want to Breathe' -- Dispatch from Gabes, Tunisia

Dhouha Djerbi reports from the frontlines of protests over environmental pollution in Tunisia's Gabes province that is blamed for rising rates of cancer and respiratory illness.

READ NOW
'We Want to Breathe'—Dispatch from Gabes, Tunisia
A few weeks into the 2025 school year, in a middle school in Chott Essalem, Tunisia, students began to feel dizzy and light-headed and their throats tightened. Within minutes, they began collapsing,…
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
inaugurating my presence here with these kittens I found sunbathing outside a highway reststop in Tunisia

follow for updates on Tunisian politics, social movements & most importantly pictures of random cats in تونس and beyond 🩵
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM