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Silhem Bensedrine is a Tunisian journalist. Well known for her resistance to the dictatorship, she was imprisoned in 2001 for denouncing the corruption and torture in Tunisia.
Straight after the end of the war in Irak, Sihem Bensédrine leaves for Baghdad in search of her friend Nacera. Unable to find her and upset by what she sees, Sihem decides to write to her. Her letter describes her shock on discovering a society destroyed by years of repeated...
Straight after the end of the war in Irak, Sihem Bensédrine leaves for Baghdad in search of her friend Nacera. Unable to find her and upset by what she sees, Sihem decides to write to her. Her letter describes her shock on discovering a society destroyed by years of repeated daily terror. At the sight of the communal graves and torture chambers, she assesses the meaning of this col-lapse for arab communities, which have for so long turned a blind eye to events because of the my-thical project of « renaissance of the arab world » concocted by Saddam…
Silhem Bensedrine is a Tunisian journalist. Well known for her resistance to the dictatorship, she was imprisoned in 2001 for denouncing the corruption and torture in Tunisia.
Préface, par Florence Aubenas
Lettre à une amie irakienne
Les frontières
Le Tigre et la démocratie
La mosquée, seule alternative
May
Une élite tétanisée
Une nostalgie alimentée
Les « stars » de l'hôtel Palestine
Une race éteinte
Boom médiatique, boom politique
Le microcosme gris
Le poète qui a fait du tourisme carcéral
Les prisonniers libres
Le droit aux funérailles
Où étiez-vous ? L'ombre de Nacéra
Le sage d'Al-Mansour
À Sergio de Mello
Le prix de la liberté.