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Sunflowers
Doors of Tunis-1
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Jamila in the Medina
Hats in the souk
Ibn Khaldun's house
Tunis Medina2
Tunis medina-1
Tourbet al Bey-1
Tourbet al-Bey-2
The Tunisian flag
Grand Mosque, Sousse
Tunis Medina
Ribat interior courtyard, Sousse
Sousse beach
Muslim cemetery, Monastir
Ribat, Sousse
Sousse Medina
Khalouat al-koubba, Sousse
Roman mosaic
Swallows at dusk
Sidi Lakhmi Mausoleum
Mausoleum of Sidi Boulbaba2
Mausoleum of Sidi Boulbaba
Local couturier
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Mausoleum of Sidi Boulbaba

Mausoleum of Sidi Boulbaba

Gabes

This young boy is one of many participants in a competition of Koran recitation. The goal is to commit the entire Koran to memory and to recite it perfectly. Not only is this an extraordinary feat in itself, but it must be recited in perfect classical Arabic, which is not the daily spoken language of Arabs today.

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