Mohsen Marzouk Will Not Attend His Mother's Funeral

⚠️ Urgent Update — Flash Radio is following this situation in real time. Mohsen Marzouk announced yesterday, Saturday October 17, 2026, on Facebook, the death of his mother, Salha El Abdi. 'The great olive tree that nourished us with its oil, protected us from the wolves of the night, taught us the principle and knowledge, and raised us to the hill so we would not lose the path of the sun,' he wrote in poetic tone, referring to her as the central figure of his life alongside politics. 'She passed away peacefully in her sleep at the end of a life entirely dedicated to the struggle she led alone, surrounded by her three children, after the death of her husband when she had not yet reached her thirtieth birthday,' wrote the former political minister in the cabinet of President Béji Caïd Essebsi, founder and president of the party Machrou Tounes. ' I will not be by her side to dig the earth with my hands and deliver her to dust and darkness, but she will not be alone, since she will be surrounded by Rakia and Sarhane,' her brother and sister who will accompany the deceased to her final resting place. Marzouk also wanted to remind that he left Tunisia the day after the takeover of Kaïs Saïed and the start of political trials, and that he now lives in exile, like many other former Tunisian political officials. 'The great olive tree that nourished us with its oil, protected us from the wolves of the night, taught us the principle and knowledge, and raised us to the hill so we would not lose the path of the sun' 'I will not be by her side to dig the earth with my hands and deliver her to dust and darkness, but she will not be alone, since she will be surrounded by Rakia and Sarhane'