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Jewish Woman in Tunis
Early in the twentieth century, there was a sizeable Jewish community in Tunis. Many were descended from refugees from Spain and Portugal after the expulsion of Muslims and Jews in the seventeenth century: today's Morocco and Algeria absorbed the larger proportion of these refugees. Toward the end of the 19th century, when this picture was probably taken, the Jewish community of Tunis enjoyed considerable prosperity as a result of French colonial patronage, and it grew. Following independence and the establishment of the state of Israel, and then the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, most left, however, leaving a community of 700. Most of this number are now concentrated on the island of Djerba.
Name: Jewish Woman in Tunis
Material: Albumen, negative inscribed
Size:
Length: 16.256 cm (6.4 in)
Width: 11.43 cm (4.5 in)
Date: 1880
Place of Origin: Tunis, Tunisia, Africa
Location: University of Chicago Middle East Photo Archive
Source and Registration#: University of Chicago Middle East Photo Archive, acquisition number 137-85 Link to resource
(accessed May 7, 2010).
Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).
Martin Stokes
Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford University
