Although several media outlets reported that Bouazizi had a university degree, his sister, Samia Bouazizi, stated that he had never graduated from high school, but that it was something he had wanted for both himself and his sisters.
雖然有諸多媒體報導布瓦吉吉擁有大學文憑，而他的妹妹薩米亞·布瓦吉吉（Samia Bouazizi）則表示他尚未從高中畢業，但是布瓦吉吉也一直希望自己和他的姐妹們能夠上大學。