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Tunisia seeks UNESCO status for Jewish pilgrimage isle

By AFP
15 May 2017 | 9:02 am | 0m 55s

Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa's oldest synagogue and an annual Jewish pilgrimage.

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