The Tunis Medina Tour

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Dr. Miller and our guide talk about Tunis outside Le Pascha and Bab Bahir. The old British Embassy is on the right.

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Looking toward Le Pascha and the entrance to the Medina.

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Bab Bahir.

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The Zeitouna Mosque (Olive Mosque) in the center of the Tunis Medina. This is also the Grand Mosque of Tunis.

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Looking down on a group of French tourists.

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The six-sided star is not only a Jewish symbol. This is on the outside of a mosque near the Chechia Souk.

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A tour group from a cruise ship walks through the Chechia Souk.

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Rue du Pascha. I should have been living on this street!

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The Gold Souk.

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Children’s Band

As Jeff, his friend, and I wandered down Avenue Bourguiba we encountered a children’s band playing near the French Embassy.  We stopped and listened for a while.  Jeff found the music rather entertaining.

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CEMAT Tour

What awaits the visitor at CEMAT? Come inside and let me show you!

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Dr. Miller, the director of CEMAT at work in his office.

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Riadh, the Assistant Director.

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A portion of the library.

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One day, that office will be mine!

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Faouzi’s office. My laptop. Faouzi is the building manager.

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The map room.

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The exit.

I interned at CEMAT for a good portion of my stay in Tunisia. CEMAT is the Center for Research of the Maghreb in Tunis. It’s an American research institution. I enjoyed my time there and learned a great deal about the inner workings of a research center and about scholarly research in a foreign country.