Tunis- Dabagheen Market, a destination for book lovers in Tunisia
Tunis Capital – Tunis 03-12-2016
The Dabagheen market for old books in Tunisia is one of the most important cultural monument in Tunisia, it contains many stories in different languages, and books in religion, psychology, sociology, history, science, magazines, postcards, dictionaries which is organized on a wooden piece to be sold for only 1 dinar per book. The market was specialized in leather manufacturing but transformed to a books market over time.
The market started to lose its luster in the past 3 years due to people resorting to electronic books