Monday, June 27, 2011

Tunis the Capital (pt 2)

(shot with lower-res camera)


Laila the hairdresser and thief, a reference to the wife of the deposed president
Ben Ali you coward

"Long live Free Tunisia"

In the governmental district of Tunis: "Mohammed Bouzizi Square"
Zaytouna Mosque


al-Qasabah


Circled is the word for "Law"

Committee to Protect the Revolution

Kosher Butcher

Synagogue in Tunis

Monday, June 20, 2011

Mahdia, El Jem (Thysdrus)

Ruins from the former Fatimid port and later pirate base, Mahdia


Great Mosque of Mahdia, formerly the heart of Shiism in North Africa

Beach, Mahdia

Roman Mosaic, El Jem

Roman Mosaic, El Jem

Roman Mosaic, El Jem

Roman Villa, El Jem
Roman Villa, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater, El Jem



Roman Amphitheater, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater, El Jem

Roman Amphitheater and Muslim mosque, El Jem

Kairouan

The Aghlabid Reservoirs

Great Mosque of Kairuoan

Great Mosque of Kairuoan


Great Mosque of Kairuoan

Great Mosque of Kairuoan

Great Mosque of Kairuoan

Great Mosque of Kairuoan

Sundial, Great Mosque of Kairuoan











Traditionally produced carpets




The Well of Barruta. Legend says if you drink from it you will return to Tunisia in the future.