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BBC News Arabic reveals recordings of former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

BBC News Arabic reveals exclusive, never-heard-before recordings of former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

In exclusive, never-heard-before recordings of former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, BBC News Arabic reveals the anxious telephone calls that helped seal the fate of his 23-year dictatorship and spark a wave of revolutions across the Middle East.

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