AN island off the coast of Africa wants to be a rival to the Spanish islands with Brits. Djerba is off the coast of Tunisia, ...

Some 3,000 pilgrims attended this year's Jewish pilgrimage to the island, and were guarded by tight security in the wake of attacks and threats of attacks. (JTA) — Tunisia will seek UNESCO World ...

Tunis — A Tunisian police officer shot dead four people at Africa's oldest synagogue in an attack Tuesday that sparked panic during an annual Jewish pilgrimage on the island of Djerba. The officer ...

This serial property is a testimony to a settlement pattern that developed on the island of Djerba around the 9th century CE amidst the semi-dry and water-scarce environment. Low‑density was its key ...

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JUST OFF TUNISIA’S southeastern coast sits a spot with a long history of intriguing names, from the Odyssean Land of the Lotus-Eaters to the Flaubertian Island of Golden Sand. But a decidedly modern ...

Daniel Lee receives funding from the British Academy / Global Challenges Research Fund. Many hundreds of years ago on the small Tunisian island of Djerba, a poor young Jewish woman called Ghriba lived ...

At least five people were killed in a shooting attack near a synagogue in Tunisia, Tunisian state news agency TAP reported on Wednesday, citing the country’s interior ministry. The attack, which took ...