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My contribution to   ACEVO ’s 30th birthday, 30 things to think about  at   #acevo30     Published originally at  http://30thingstothinkabout.org/voices/ Narratives For the next few decades, the world will continue to be constructed around narratives. Who shapes the narratives? And whose voice is heard? Take young people as an example. Last year I researched   youth radicalisation , carrying out a comparative study between Al-Shabaab’s recruitment in Kenya and Daesh’s recruitment in Tunisia. My most important finding was that the victimhood narrative of marginalised youth is contributing to youth radicalisation. The victimisation narrative is used by extremist groups to recruit and sustain support. Many young people have internalised the idea that they are marginalised and are perceived to be heroic when they join these violent groups. We need to start asking ourselves, are we contributing to narratives of empowerment or disempowerment? Do we offer counter-narratives, or cr

Rappelons le discours de  Thomas Sankara  à Addis Abéba le 29 juillet 1987 Ma réponse à son Excellence Monsieur  Emmanuel Macron , de la  # Tunisie ; Vous dites "Je suis aussi contre l'impérialisme" mais c'était encore un discours du colonisateur monsieur! encore de la francophonie impérialiste? de l’impérialisme français? un discours pour défendre la présence des bases françaises en Afrique? Applaudir les soldats français? ridiculiser des questions pertinentes des étudiants burkinabés? defender le CFA, monnaie d’essence coloniale? blâmer les Africains pour l'esclavage en Libye (blâme deja vu au 18e siècle) pendant que vous financez essentiellement des milices pour arrêter les flux de migrants en mer? la politique de "garder les migrants en Libye à tout prix"! vous êtes aussi criminel que les trafiquants monsieur !!! et parlons de la protection de Blaise COMPAORE? Parlons de soutien aux régimes corrompus? Parlons de la justice? de la dette? parlons des

Published at Open Government Partnership “ Youth Radicalisation and Distrust” https://www.opengovpartnership.org/trust/youth-radicalisation-and-distrust 7,000 young Tunisians have joined Daesh 1  in Syria, constituting the largest foreign fighters’ group to date (The Soufan Group, 2015). My 22-year-old cousin could have been among them. He explained that while others have taken advantage of the political vacuum of the revolution, “I felt more marginalised”. Since 2012, Tunisia has projected into the public imagination a rhetoric of fear and surveillance to justify the treatment of youth as potential terror suspects. This perception of fear is gradually translating into policies that have further radicalised disaffected youth. An accurate understanding of the factors leading to radicalisation is essential in developing an effective policy response. We need to prevent radicalisation in the first place and address the need for youth to find nonviolent social and political ide

They promote democracy but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists to power… They call our states rogue /undemocratic states but they tolerate human rights violations … They are watching when their intervention is needed but intervening when they need to watch… They preach non-proliferation in Iran but not in Israel… They massively repulsed aggression against oil owning Kuwaitis in the 90s but not against non-owning oil Bosnians… They consider Afghanistan the way is ruled by Taliban a threat but not Saudi Arabia the way is ruled by monarchy …