Manouba
Manouba | |
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Coordinates:36°48′28″N10°6′4″E/ 36.80778°N 10.10111°E | |
Country | Tunisia |
Governorate | Manouba Governorate |
Delegation(s) | Manouba |
Government | |
•Mayor | Slim Ben Amara(Independent) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 36,194 |
Time zone | UTC1(CET) |
Manouba(Arabic:منوبة ) is a city in north-easternTunisia,and is part the metropolitan area ofTunis,also called "Grand Tunis".[1]It is located at the west of Tunis city center at around36°48′28″N10°6′4″E/ 36.80778°N 10.10111°E.It is the capital city ofManouba Governorate.
Manouba is well known for its university. It is also often viewed as a desirable place for family life because of its security, availability of various services and its high level of education.
History
[edit]Historically, Manouba is noted as the birthplace of thesufisaintSayyida ʿĀʾisha al-Mannūbiyya(1199–1267 CE), and until 2012 the city contained a shrine to her, supposedly her father's house. It was customary in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for the Beys of Tunis to make a ritual circuit of city's the great shrines on the 27th day of Ramaḍān (laylat al-Qadr) and visit this shrine. More recently, 'up until theTunisian revolutionof January 2011, once a week, on Sundays or Mondays, rituals were held... During the day, the shrines were women's space, devoted to music and trance rituals. At night, they became men's space, dedicated to Ṣūfī ceremonies (dhikr...)'. However, on 6 October 2012, the shrine was burned down by religious extremists, thought to be youngSalafis;ʿĀʾisha'scatafalquewas entirely destroyed.[1]
TheInstitute of Arabic Literatureof theWhite Fathers,which would later become thePontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,had a study center in Manouba before it was moved to Rome in 1964.[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^abBoissevain, Katia."al-Mannūbiyya, Sayyida ʿĀʾisha".In Fleet, Kate;Krämer, Gudrun;Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John;Rowson, Everett(eds.).Encyclopaedia of Islam(3rd ed.). Brill Online.doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24813.ISSN1873-9830.
- ^"Our history Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies".en.pisai.it.PISAI - Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica.Retrieved13 January2024.