Kairouan
Americannoun
noun
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Kairouan became a Unesco World Heritage site in 1988 and is home to the Mosque of the Three Doors, the oldest known mosque with a sculpted facade.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2023
Kairouan, which became the capital of the Islamic province of Ifriqiya, was the center of Islamic operations that plunged Arab armies into the heart of North Africa, including Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In a village outside the central city of Kairouan, Mahdouani quizzed Seiada Issaoui, an elderly woman with ink marks on her forehead, cheeks, nose and chin, about the prevalence of tattoos when she was young.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2022
Patients in the hospital’s overfilled COVID-19 ward are dying daily amid a spike in coronavirus infections in the North African country, with Kairouan and three other regions especially hard hit.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2021
It was from Artois, with the Kairouan postmark.
From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson
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