Shakshouka
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Shakshouka is a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion, and garlic, commonly spiced with cumin, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Shakshouka is a popular dish throu
Shakshouka in a cast iron pan
Individual portion of shakshouka
Merguez shakshuka
Vegan shakshouka, with falafel in place of eggs
Maghrebi Jews
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Maghrebi Jews, are a Jewish diaspora group with a long history in the Maghreb, which includes present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. These communities were established long before the Musli
Shakshouka
…and ratatouille, are members of a wider family of vegetable stews of common ancestry appearing throughout the western Mediterranean. The migration of Maghrebi Jews in the 1950s brought the dish to Israel, where it was subsequently widely adopted. The dish was not previously associated with Palestinian or Levantine…
Interior of el Ghriba Synagogue, island of Djerba, Tunisia
A 4th-5th century CE bronze oil lamp of the Roman period in the shape of a menorah, found at the ruins of Volubilis.
Moroccan Jewish women
The Grand Synagogue of the Hara in 1960.