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Tunisian president visits Djerba synagogue

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Tunisian president Kais Saied visited the Hara El-Kbira, the Jewish quarter on the island of Djerba, meeting the Jewish community and visiting the historic Ghriba synagogue.

The president was accompanied by the ministers of defence and transport as well as by former minister of tourism Rene Trabelsi, whose father, Perez Trabelsi, is president of the synagogue.

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