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IntersectionLieuXVIIe–XXe siècle

Region: Libye (Tripolitaine, district de Zouara)

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Zouara (Zuwarah) is a Berber town on the Tripolitanian coast, in western Libya. Its Jewish community, linked to maritime trade, is documented in Ottoman sources and formed part of the vast Jewish network of Tripolitania.

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This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Zouara (Zuwarah) give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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