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Article: Set sale form Tunisia.
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- January 25, 1998
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COME have a butcher's at my shop. I cheap than Asda price."
In a Tunisian souk who could resist such sales patter? Entering his Aladdin's cave of a shop was only the beginning.
I picked out some hand-painted earthenware - and negotiations began. After much good natured haggling we met halfway.
Shopping in Tunisia cannot be hurried. The sights and smells of a souk titillate the senses - to linger though is to court attention.
Tunisia was always a crossroads for trade and a much sought-after prize for conquering armies. It is where Africa, ...