Thursday, 2 April 2015

In Tunisia, One Brother Studied Philosophy, Another Gunned Down Tourists

nytimes.com - IBRAHIM ZAHAR, Tunisia — The same day that Jabeur Khachnaoui was gunning down foreign tourists at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis last month, one of his older brothers was on the other side of town, attending a rally against terrorism.

The two brothers grew up in a family with three other siblings in this small hamlet of olive groves here in Tunisia’s impoverished southwest. They were close, but in just a few years had ended up deeply divided in their outlook, much like their country itself.

The older brother went to study philosophy in Tunis, while the youngest brother stayed at home and became intensely religious.

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