Photo feature by: Shukri bin Mansour TUNIS, March 5 (KUNA) -- The history of the Great Mosque of Kairouan dates back to the early Islamic conquest, built by the Companions of the Prophet and their ...

Even though it is quite a small city, with a population of 187,000 people, there are still plenty of things to do in Kairouan ...

Despite the transfer of the political capital to Tunis in the 12th century, Kairouan remained the Maghreb's principal holy city. Its rich architectural heritage includes the Great Mosque, with its ...

Two years ago, I first went to the town of Kairouan, one of the holiest sites in Islam. Tear gas drifted around the beautiful old stones of the Great Mosque and nervous police sheltered in small ...

It flourished under the Aghlabids, who built the iconic Great Mosque of Kairouan, a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture. As trade routes shifted, Tunis gradually overtook Kairouan in ...