Souq level of municipal administration. The Muhtasib was responsible for supervising business practices and collecting taxes for a given souq while the Arif are the overseers for a specific trade. Shopping at a souq or market place is part of daily life throughout much of the Middle East. Prices are commonly set by bargaining, also known as haggling, between buyers and sellers. In the 18th and 19th centuries, as Europeans began to conquer parts of North Africa and the Levant, an interest in Middle Eastern culture and architecture began to flourish. This interest spawned a genre of literary works and paintings
Souq al Jum'aa Souq al Jum'aa Sūq al-Jum'a (also Suk el Giuma, Soug al Juma’aa, or Sugh el Giumaa ( Arabic : سوق الجمعة ), literally "Friday Market", is a district of Tripoli, Libya, located 5 km east of Tripoli and now incorporated into the greater metropolitan area of the capital. The population in (2011) was estimated to be roughly 40,000 residents. A majority of these residents, 60%, are considered to be “native Libyan, from Tripoli and Arab", however, this population is mixed with those of Berber and Turkish descent as well, and dominantly Amazigh (Berber). Many families in this area reject the