Word: bourguibaism
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...most perishable commodities in the Arab world seems to be gratitude. When Algeria won independence from France after seven years of bloody war, its people were deeply indebted to neighboring Tunisia, whose President Habib Bourguiba, 59, had given shelter to 200,000 Algerian refugees and provided a refuge for the training and equipment of 18,000 Algerian fighting...
Crowds gathered to hear official speeches of indignation at the attempt on Bourguiba's life. There seemed little doubt that he still held the nation's basic loyalty, but even his closest friends were concerned at the recent signs of unrest caused by three successive years of drought and an unemployment level of 400,000 out of a population...
...Bourguiba is also aware of the muttering of many about the three expensive new palaces he has recently built. These "belong to the state," he retorted in his "I am alive" speech. He added with some bitterness: "There is a tendency to forget that I spent 30 years in French jails for my country...
Knocked Heads. In his efforts to reshape Tunisia as a modern nation, Bourguiba has had to knock heads together. Inevitably, some army officers resent the backseat role he gives the military. And Moslem religious leaders are angered by his attempt to abolish the day-long fasts of the month of Ramadan, and by his emancipation of women...
...investigating committee in 1961 agreed that Bourguiba was making the right moves to solve Tunisia's economic ills, but warned that he might be asking too great sacrifices of his people. After last week's brush with death, Bourguiba may go forward a bit more slowly, and can undoubtedly draw some support from the fact that last month the U.S. finally agreed to grant Tunisia $180 million in economic aid over the next three years...