Les Juifs de Goulimine

Goulimine (Guelmim), at the gateway to the Sahara in southern Morocco, was home to a Jewish community of merchants and caravaneers participating in trans-Saharan trade. Often Berber-speaking, its members served as intermediaries in the trade of desert and oasis products. Organized around its synagogue and traditions, the community maintained ties with other Jewish communities of southern Morocco. During the twentieth century, its members emigrated to Agadir, Casablanca, and Israel.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan