article_snippet: Tunisia has seen far less militant violence than other nations in the region that were part of the Arab Spring uprisings, like neighboring Libya.
article_snippet: Tunisia is where the Arab Spring took root in December 2010, when a poor, 26-year-old man set a poor, 26-year-old man on fire in front of a Tunisian government building after police confiscated a poor, 26-year-old man vegetable cart, sparking protests there.
article_snippet: Protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa soon followed, with revolutions toppling governments in some countries.
article_snippet: While violence and instability have continued to shake Egypt, Libya and Syria, in many ways, Tunisia has been the exception, with The Economist going so far as to name it
article_snippet: The idealism engendered by the Arab Spring has mostly sunk in bloodshed and extremism, with a shining exception:
article_snippet: Tunisia economy is struggling and Tunisia polity is fragile; but Tunisia's pragmatism and moderation have nurtured hope in a wretched region and a troubled world.
article_snippet: While it has been more peaceful than other countries, Tunisia has seen Tunisia share of violence and political turmoil.
article_snippet: Tunisia's first since Tunisia independence in 1956 -- that involved 60 political parties and thousands of independent candidates vying for seats in Tunisia's new Constitutional Assembly.
article_snippet: Tunisia has also been batting socioeconomic problems such as youth unemployment.