Amanda Sebestyen

Amanda Sebestyen is a journalist, activist and feminist. She has worked with asylum seekers for many years, and in solidarity movements with Bosnia and Kosovo, and for Roma rights internationally.

Tunisia: general strike called in Sidi Bou Zid

Wednesday, 11 April is the date of a general strike in Tunisia called from Sidi Bouzid, the town which sparked the Arab uprisings.

By Amanda Sebestyen

/ 11 Apr 2012

Part 2. Tunisie Profonde: spring, summer and the coming elections

On her return from Tunisia, the author kept in touch with some of the young people in the south, and began a diary recording their ongoing struggle. We publish as in Kasserine, talk is of a general strike and death threats in Tunis.

By Amanda Sebestyen

/ 20 Sep 2011

Tunisia: brief encounters, Part 1

The author, who travelled to Tunisia last April, recorded her multicultural experiences at a time of revolution to share, as requested, with the outside world. In Part Two, she has kept in touch with some of the young people in the south to update us on the grim realities of their ongoing struggle

By Amanda Sebestyen

/ 20 Sep 2011