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Kairouan

American  
[ker-wahn] / kɛrˈwɑ̃ /
Also Kairwan

noun

  1. a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.


Kairouan British  
/ kɛrwɑ̃, kaɪəˈwɑːn /

noun

  1. a city in NE Tunisia: one of the holy cities of Islam; pilgrimage and trading centre. Pop: 124 000 (2005 est)

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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

The Kairouan region is living through “a real horror movie,” Mohamed Rouis, the regional health director in Kairouan, was quoted saying in Tunisian media earlier this month.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2021

Spokesman Sofiane Selliti told The Associated Press that officials from two specialized brigades in Tunis and Kairouan interrogated family members of the suspect Wednesday at their home in the central Tunisian town of Oueslatia.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2016

"I shall spend the spring at the sacred city of Kairouan, among the pilgrims and the mosques, making some studies, taking some notes."

From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson