Since Tunisia overthrew the rule of
President Ben Ali during the Arab Spring, they have been faced with a multitude
of new problems. Mostly, these can be attributed to the rapidly changing and erratic
climate. Rising diseases which leaves its victims scarred for life which comes because
of the changing climate. The farmers have been struggling to irrigate their
crops properly with the advancing sand from the Sahara overwhelming homes,
villages, and the traditional sources of water. In addition to that, the rising
sea levels has raised the salinity of the coasts, which were traditionally rich
in agriculture. The presence of salt makes agriculture impossible and once the
sea reaches it, it is ruined. This has
forced people to abandon their living traditions built on centuries of
consistency. The Tunisian government has taken steps to help these people move
forward in the immediate sense, while also looking for long term solutions to
this problem.
This changes pace from the ideas we
have had in class so far. Rather than looking at regime changes or the history
of the region, A Siege of Salt and Sand
addressed the immediate attention that needs to be placed on the affect climate
change has on us.
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