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KAIROUAN - PART TWO
THE CITY OF THE FIFTY MOSQUES - DECEMBER 2007"THE BARBER'S MOSQUE - The Zaouia of Sidi Sahab, built between 1629 and 1692 and also including a medersa, is the burial place of a companion of the prophet Mohammad. It is also known as the Barber's Mosqu...
KAIROUAN - PART ONE
MAGHREB'S HOLY CITY - DECEMBER 2007Kairouan was founded in 670 (the year 50 according to the Islamic calendar) when the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi selected a site about 160 kilometres south of Tunis as the location of a military post for the conquest...
THE BLUE VILLAGE
SIDI BOU SAID - DECEMBER 2007This post is dedicated to Sidi Bou Said, a hill top village nicknamed «little Greece» due to its Mediterranean style houses, white walls, blue doors and shutters, and bougainvillea! The legend tells that Saint Louis - c...
THE BARDO MUSEUM
TUNIS - DECEMBER 2007 The BARDO Museum, located about six km away from the medina of Tunis in the suburb of Bardo, occupies the building of an old 13th century Hafside palace that has been restored and expanded to become a superb example of Arab-Mosl...
DAYS IN TUNISIA
TUNIS - DECEMBER 2007«A Night in Tunisia» is a great 1942 tune written by Dizzy Gillespie. In December 2007, we spent several nights in Tunisia, but had no chance to hear Dizzy...To believe in tourist guides, «Tunis is a city that lies somewhere i...
