Word: hamouda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first year at Sadiki, he and his lifelong friend Mohammed ben Hamouda had joined an anti-French demonstration through the streets of Tunis. Recalls Hamouda, now a pharmacist in Tunis: "We were finally rounded up, given a good spanking, and sent home. But this made a profound impression on Slim. From that time on, his life was politics...
...Paris, the two friends met a fellow student named Habib Bourguiba, and the three spent hours talking about independence. Says Hamouda: "Slim rarely went out, but hundreds of students dropped by to see him. He was a great help to the Algerians and was always preaching unity in the North African struggle." In 1936, at the age of 28, Slim returned to Tunis, with Bourguiba founded the Neo Destour Party, dedicated to liberation from France. He fell in love with a young Tunisian girl, but suddenly broke with her. Explains a friend: "After much thought he decided...
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