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Africa North
Tunisian feminist held for provocation
2013-05-22
TUNIS — A Tunisian attention whore feminist who had scandalised her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after sneaking into Tunisia’s city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest, officials said.

On Sunday, Amina Tyler -- a 19-year-old member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, which uses nudity in its protests -- passed through heavy security and checkpoints to enter Kairouan city, where police were preventing Islamists from holding an annual conference. There she unveiled her bleach blonde hair and cutoff jeans, scrawled “FEMEN” on the wall of a cemetery near the city’s main mosque, and attempted to take off her clothes, her lawyer Radhia Nasraoui quoted police as saying.
Bet that unwound some turbans...
The protest enraged local residents who converged on her, forcing police to take her into protective custody. In a video of the incident shown on the Tunisian news website Nawaat, Tunisians are yelling “get out” at her as police usher her into a waiting van.

“She is dishonoring us. We will protect our town, but a dirty girl like her shouldn’t come among us,” one resident screams at the camera.

The Interior Ministry said Tyler may be charged with conducting “provocative acts” when she appears in court on Tuesday. “It is an act of provocation and it is against the morals and traditions of Tunisian society, which is a Muslim society,” an Interior spokesman said.
Posted by:Steve White

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