Fifteen years ago, this was a city that changed the Arab world.
It was here that street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire after local officials harassed him, humiliated him, and confiscated his fruit cart - igniting an uprising that toppled Tunisia's longtime ruler, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and inspired revolts across the Middle East and North Africa.
Today, the market hums with familiar rhythms. Traders haggle over prices. Customers inspect fruit they increasingly struggle to afford. Life appears ordinary.
Yet beneath the routine, residents say something has shifted. Not because Tunisia's economic crisis has eased. Nor because confidence in politics has returned.
Instead, many point to an event more than 2,000km away: Israel's war on Gaza.
