Tunisia after Bardo Attack - The Story unlike the News
Published at Your Middle East and WELDD On March 18, Tunisia witnessed an attack on the Bardo Museum in the heart of the capital city, Tunis, next door to the Parliament. Suddenly, international media was disseminating misinformed news about the situation in Tunisia, promoting an image of “terrorism” and “Jihadism” taking over the country, “destroying its economy”, and “threating its democracy”. It is actually not the attack that will affect our economy and tourism but it's the narrative mainstream media propagates at all times. THE HEADLINES have been as dramatic as “ In Tunisia, terror attack undercuts Arab Spring's best prospect ”, or “T ravelers warned of risks as Tunisia reels from attack ”, ignoring that we have had at least 20,000 foreign visitors entering the country after the Bardo attack, and as lame and wrongful as “ Tunisian town near 'Star Wars' backdrop now features in battle against ISIS ”, ignoring that Les Dunes Electroniques, one of