Background
He was born in El Hamma but moved to Tunis at age 8 when his mother died.
He was born in El Hamma but moved to Tunis at age 8 when his mother died.
He studied economics and political scene ience at the University of Berlin.
On May 10, 1928, he died in a mysterious car crash in Saudi Arabia and his remains were repatriated to Tunisia on April 6, 1968.
He is deemed as the father of Tunisian syndicalism.