The discussion is no longer about a single crisis in Tunisia, but about a series of interconnected crises from which the water, electricity, oil, bread, sugar, and gasoline sectors have not escaped... endless queues, and transportation—it’s beyond description! No sooner does one crisis ease than its sister appears, punctuated by fixed occasions: the start of the school year, holidays, and the price of meat.

The Syrian Minister of Energy, Mohammad Al-Bashir, stated during a hearing session before the People’s Council on Sunday, 20 September 2026, that reducing subsidies for some services is a normal situation during the transition from a socialist economic system to a free economy.

France did not need a new protest to prove it is living through a deep civilizational crisis, but it perhaps needed a sign more telling than any previous one: that the anger would reach the doors of the schools, and that pupils themselves would take to the streets to protest against institutions no longer capable of providing what is supposed to be the most basic promise of the modern state:

All praise be to Allah, the Possessor of great bounty and blessings, the One who grants favor and honor, the Foundation who cannot be wronged, the Dignity that cannot be aspired to, and prayers and peace...