23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Walking to the market at sunset

In North African cities, life comes to a standstill from midday until the sun's intensity begins to subside. It's the time when elderly women go shopping while their husbands go to the café... The scene unfolded in front of a modest, ancient mosque in Kairouan, the holiest city for Tunisian Muslims and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Kairouan, Tunisia
Camera: NIKON D5600
Copyright: © Ramon Rodolfo Asar