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From Our Own Correspondent: Tunisia's Sad Fishmongers
Ed Lewis reports from the Central Market in Tunis, where stallholders share their concerns over terrorism, unemployment, strikes - and the price of fish.
When people complain of a seemingly irrelevant problem, English speakers often reply: "What's that got to do with the price of fish"? Well, in a dispatch from Tunisia's central market, Ed Lewis reveals the answer is - everything. In Tunis, strikes, unemployment, terror attacks and political uncertainty have all had a direct effect on the lives of fishmongers and their customers.
(Photo: Women buy fish at Tunis central market during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Credot: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)
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