<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Great note Anriette. I too have been thinking about WSIS Tunis as these events unfolded. I'd been to Tunisia several times before WSIS, but the contrasts in 2005 between the hopeful possibilities of the information society being discussed inside with what was happening outside in the city were indeed striking. </div><div><br></div><div>I wish everyone in Tunisia the best in this new phase, which will certainly not be without its own challenges. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Derrick<br><br><div>Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn</div><div>Associate Professor</div><div>American University</div><div>Syracuse University</div><div>Director: COTELCO Center</div><div><a href="http://cotelco.net">http://cotelco.net</a></div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jan 16, 2011, at 9:24 AM, "parminder" <<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Congratulations to all Tunisians. One can imagine what a heady moment
it must be for you all. Parminder <br>
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</font>Khaled KOUBAA wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D32E057.3090405@gmail.com" type="cite">Anriette,
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People here have been delivered from the dictatorship of Ben Ali.
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Everyone know become free to express himself and discuss what ever he
wants. I personally was not able to write such email before 15/01/2011
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Thank you for all your support for Tunisia and hope that our friends
from Arab World will take this huge opportunity to wake up.
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Khaled
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Le 16/01/2011 12:55, Anriette Esterhuysen a écrit :
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<blockquote type="cite">For those of us who were in Tunis in 2005...
is it not extraordinary what is happening there at the moment? It was
amazing to see interviews with some of our Tunisian colleagues (who we
were delicately trying to support while involved in the rather
politically complex process of participating in a summit in Tunis while
also supporting local human rights organisations) on Al Jazeera.
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It would be good to hear reactions from the Tunisian members of this
list. Off list responses probably best as this is not quite on topic.
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Anriette
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