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Shopping at a bazaar or market-place remains a central feature of daily life in many Middle-Eastern and South Asian cities and towns and the bazaar remains the beating heart of West Asian and South Asian life; in the Middle East, souks tend to be found in a city's old quarter. Bazaars and souks are often important tourist attractions.
Arab Souk (Old City) The Arab Souk Couk, also known as the Arab Souq Couq, Arabic Market of Wondrous Expectations or Suq El-Bazar, is a large bazaar occupying approximately 100 acres (400,000 m 2) of area in the Old City of Jerusalem. [1] About 800 merchants operate a variety of businesses in closely-packed shop stalls along a network of ...
In Turkey, the term 'bazaars' is used in the English sense, to refer to a covered market place. In Turkish the term for bazaar is "çarşı." Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul
Khan el-Khalili ( Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
Boutique from souk El Berka. Built in 1612 by Yusuf Dey, the souk El Berka is the old souk of black slaves in Tunis. This souk became later the souk of jewelers. This souk has a square form, with a wooden platform in the middle which was the place where slaves wer
The Grand Bazaar ( Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Market’ [1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops [2] [3] on a total area of 30,700 m 2, [4] attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily ...
Arab Souk (Old City) is a large bazaar occupying approximately 100 acres (400,000 m 2) of area in the Old City of Jerusalem. [5] The Mahane Yehuda Market, Shuk Mahane Yehuda ), often referred to as "The Shuk " ( Hebrew: השוק, HaShuq), [6] is a marketplace (originally open-air, but now partially covered) in Jerusalem.
Jemaa el-Fnaa. Coordinates: 31°37′33″N 7°59′22″W. Jemaa el-Fnaa in the evening. Jemaa el-Fnaa ( Arabic: ساحة جامع الفناء Sāḥat Jāmiʾ al-Fanāʾ, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa) is a square and market place in Marrakesh 's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by ...