The 2008 rebellion in Tunisia's phosphate-rich Gafsa region was a warning of the uprising which eventually toppled Ben Ali's regime.<br /><br />The earlier revolt in Gafsa, a town in the centre of the country, was brutally crushed by police, and news of what happened faced tough censorship.<br /><br />But even after the Tunisian uprising, many in Gafsa feel removed from events.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports thatlittle in their lives has changed, and rebellion still hangs in the air.
