A prophetic play in Zurich about the overthrow of Tunisia’s Ben Ali

“Amnesia” is a play by the famous Tunisian theater and film director Fadhel Jaïbi. The story, co-authored by his partner, actress Jalila Baccar, describes in an almost prophetic way the fall of former Tunisian president Ben Ali. The play was shown at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch/SF)

This content was published on August 30, 2011 - 17:14

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