IT needed a man like Mohamed Bouazizi to spark the flames of revolution in the Middle East. Bouazizi was just a man who gave his life as a protest against unemployment in Tunisia. The incident triggered that nation's largest demonstrations of workers and students.

The huge demonstrations, which came to be known as the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, led to President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali-who had been in power for 23 years-fleeing the country. The