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26 March 2003 Near Chenini

Jemaa Kedima, The Old Mosque

Jemaa Kedima which means the "old mosque" is the only surviving building in an abandoned village near Chenini. The leaning minaret is its most endearing feature, looking like a piece of play-doh that has been kneaded into shape by a young child. The idea that this innocently white, imperfect, child-like and unstable-looking piece of architecture represents the stronghold of the Islamic faith is very funny and amusing to me. Beneath it is an underground mosque and the tomb of a "marabout", or holy man.


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