Therefore,due to a lack of formal recognition, we've established our syndicate to defend these issues under the supervision of the Tunisian General Labor Union."

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The Syndicate is asking the Tunisian Ministry of Culture for jobs for unemployed university graduates in the field, free entry to cultural events and medical care.

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The Syndicate of Tunisian Writers was formed in July to protect the rights of authors, poets and journalists whom it said were suffering from marginalization and exploitation.

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Jamila Mejri is the President of the Union of Tunisian Authors.

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Mounir Ben Younes is a Tunisian poet who says paper meant for his books has been diverted for other uses, "The Tunisian government provides support and encouragement by providing paper and by buying Tunisian works.

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Ben Hassine Lassaad, the secretary general of the Tunisian Writers Syndicate, says that his membership is facing a crisis, "We can't deny that we have writers who aren't working,"he said, writers who are suffering from poverty, writers without social security, without housing.

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