Tunisian cartoonist Nadia Khiari, creator of the 'Willis from Tunis' cartoon cat series, poses with her latest Willis book published in November showing a selection of her best work over the decade since the Tunisian uprising. Photo: AFP
When Tunisia's embattled dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali delivered a last-ditch speech promising new freedoms to a country in revolt, Nadia Khiari sketched her cat delivering the same address to a group of mice.
The next day, on Jan 14, 2011, Ben Ali fled into exile, forced out by weeks of unprecedented mass protests against his rule.
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