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Central Interior

Open land, religious grounding, and work-led continuity.

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Orientation Snapshot

  • Public life anchored in continuity

  • Cities carrying layered religious, civic, and historical weight

  • Wide inland territory structured by distance and use

  • Dry climate shaping land, pace, and settlement

Operating Conditions

  • Cultural expression remains embedded in everyday settings

  • The year follows planting, growth, harvest, and pause

  • Rain sets limits clearly and early

Reality Pins

  • Kairouan remains one of the most important religious cities in Islam

  • The Great Mosque incorporates Roman stone within its structure

  • Kasserine sits within a Roman-era landscape that remains physically present

  • Sidi Bouzid was the point of ignition for the 2011 uprising

Misreading Corrections

  • Culture is not limited to formal institutions

  • Faith does not replace other forms of expression

  • Political rupture grew from daily conditions, not ideology

Material & Making Implications

  • Stone construction reflects permanence and reuse across eras

  • Alfa grass supports fiber harvesting and local craft use

  • Wool and agricultural by-products follow seasonal cycles

  • Making aligns with work rhythms and local expression

  • Objects balance function, symbolism, and continuity

Handoff

Materials move with land, season, and layered use.
Objects carry work, belief, and cultural memory.

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