Editing Tunis (section)

====Souks====
{{main|Souks of Tunis}}

The souks are a network of covered streets lined with shops and traders and artisans ordered by specialty.<ref name="NARDI">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.cites.tv/TV5Tunis/pop_contenu.php?type=videos&image=&swf=pop48.swf&url=http://213.41.65.178/akamareal/tv5/tunis/souk_160304.rpm Promenade de Marie-Ange Nardi et Lotfi Bahri dans les souks de Tunis (TV5)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207205055/http://www.cites.tv/TV5Tunis/pop_contenu.php?type=videos&image=&swf=pop48.swf&url=http%3A%2F%2F213.41.65.178%2Fakamareal%2Ftv5%2Ftunis%2Fsouk_160304.rpm |date=2008-12-07 }}</ref>  Clothing merchants, perfumers, fruit sellers, booksellers, and wool merchants have goods at the souks, while fishmongers, blacksmiths, and potters tend to be relegated to the periphery of the markets.<ref name="NARDI"/>

[[File:Souks Tunis.jpg|left|thumb|Souk En Nhas with items of copper]]

North of the [[Al-Zaytuna Mosque]] is the [[Souk El Attarine]], built in the early 18th century. It is known for its essences and perfumes. From this souk, there is a street leading to the [[Souk Ech-Chaouachine]] ([[Taqiyah (cap)|chachia]]). The main company that operates it is one of the oldest in the country and they are generally descendants of Andalusian immigrants expelled from Spain. Attached to El Attarine are two other souks: the first, which runs along the western coast of the Al-Zaytuna Mosque, is the Souk El Kmach which is noted for its fabrics, and the second, the [[Souk El Berka]], which was built in the 17th century and houses embroiderers and jewelers. Given the valuable items it sells, it is the only souk whose doors are closed and guarded during the night. In the middle, there is a square where the former slave market stood until the middle of the 19th century.

Souk El Berka leads to [[Souk El Leffa]], a souk that sells many carpets, blankets, and other weavings, and extends with the Souk Es Sarragine, built in the early 18th century and specializing in leather. At the periphery are the souks Et Trouk, El Blat, El Blaghgia, El Kébabgia, [[Souk En Nhas|En Nhas]] (copper), [[Souk Es Sabbaghine|Es Sabbaghine]] (dyeing) and [[Souk El Grana|El Grana]] that sell clothing and blankets and was occupied by Jewish merchants.