Timbuktu Manuscripts from Harry Birnholz collection, original, at Bayt Dakira, Museum of Jewish culture and Judaism in Essaouira, Morocco

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Timbuktu's main library, officially called the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research, is a treasure house containing more than 20,000 manuscripts covering centuries of Mali's history. Bayt Dakira or the House of Memory is a Jewish museum located in the Jewish quarter "Mellah" of Essaouira's old medina in Morocco. The museum aims to be a spiritual space dedicated to the Jewish community of the city. It plays an important role in the preservation and valorisation of the Moroccan Jewish memory.

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Location: Bayt Dakira, Museum in Essaouira, Morocco
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