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
Souk El Jazzarine Souk El Jazzarine Souk El Jazzarine (Arabic : سوق الجزارين ) is one of the souks (or market) of the medina of Sfax and specifically of Bab Jebli. The original souk El Jazzarine used to have a place to slaughter the animals. It was surrounded by Souk El Sabbaghine from the west, Souk El Haddadine from the north and Fondouk El Haddadine from the east side. Considering the city's evolution, the souk was transferred to become located in front of Bab Jebli which made it limited by the path neighboring to the southern city's wall, Souk El Mahsoulat from the