One week ago I was at work, reading all the Facebook statuses and tweets about what is going on in Tunisia. At that time Ben Ali was still trying to calm down the people and stay in his position, but it was too late for him. That night he gave his last speech as a president, making a lot of nice promises for the people, he even sent his people on the street to celebrate him and his speech so that everyone would think that it was over, but that didn't fool the people either. He did way too many mistakes, especially in the past month and people refused to let it pass.
Friday, 14th of January 2011, more then 10000 people in Habib Bourguiba in pacifist manifestation asking from him to go away. 
His answer, smoke bombs and violence of police against the people. Final result, him running away from the country and leaving his gangs with the mission to destroy the country and scare the people so they would ask him to come back. It didn't work! People got closer then ever in a common mission, to finally be free in their own country.
Writing this now, I feel so proud, proud of staying here (although my parents would give anything for me to be home now) and most of all proud of my Tunisian friends who were on the streets in demonstrations and protecting their homes from the gangs afterward.There is one article from Judie Fein, an award-winning travel journalist who has contributed to more then 90 publications. The article is called "Why You Should Travel to Tunisia", and there is a paragraph that is so true and I can't find better words to describe it so here it is:
"The Tunisian people are gentle and non-violent. Which is why this revolution is so significant. It does not come from a gun-toting, rage-filled, hostile, uneducated, irrational population. It is humans pushed to the limit of what they were willing to bear. It is young people, who have faced bullets with courage and dignity, willing to die for what they believe in. Their death is unforgivable, but it has not been in vain: they have changed the course of history in their country. Tunisia's first independence in modern times was from the French (1956). This second independence was wrested from a corrupt leadership."
To read the whole article follow this link
Now, life is getting back to normal here, people are back to work, shops and cafés open again, people are still careful and on alert but they are also determined to rebuild the country and start enjoying their freedom.
For the end I'm putting the link for a video that inspired the title of this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8jeGtBkDo
