The Diarna Geo-Museum

Welcome to the Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life on Tumblr. Here, we invite viewers to see rare and exclusive photos of synagogues, cemeteries, schools, and shrines culled from Diarna's collection. One photo is featured each day. Click on a photo to learn more about it from its caption.

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Sukkot, Last Berber Jew sitting in his Sukkah, Aghbalou, Morocco.

Photo courtesy of Chrystie Sherman Photography

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Exterior of Synagogue, Bhamdoun, Lebanon, 2012. 

Photo credit: Diarna Geo-Museum. 

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Former Synagogue in Betanur, Iraqi-Kurdistan, 2015. The roof collapsed after repeated harsh winters and a lack of continued maintenance. 

Photo credit: Joseph Samuel/ Diarna Geo-Museum

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Shrine of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, Taiz, Yemen, 2014. 

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Synagogue in Shrine of Rabbi Amram ben Diwan, Asjen, Morocco.

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Street built on former Jewish Cemetary (Christian on left, Muslim on right), Suleymani, Iraq in 2016

Photo credit: Joseph Samuel / Diarna Geo-museum

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Interior of the Sanctuary of Al Franji Synagogue, Damascus, Syria in 2009

Photo credit: Crystie Sherman / Diarna Geo-museum

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Interior of the Sanctuary of Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, Jobar, Damascus, Syria in 2009

Photo credit: Crystie Sherman / Diarna Geo-museum

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Jewish Girls at a School Party in the Laura Kandoori Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) of Baghdad, Iraq in 1931

Photo credit: Archival/Photographer Unknown / Diarna Geo-museum

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Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue in Egypt.

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Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue in Egypt

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Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue in Egypt

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Eliyahu HaNavi Synagogue in Egypt.

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Foum Jemaa

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Foum Jemaa

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Foum Jemaa

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Crown of David Syangogue