Expect to become more familiar with this coastal city in Tunisia during your Bargain Holidays to Mahdia. The city made it to the headlines after it was learned that this was where almost two dozen Jews were hidden by Khaled Abdelwahdab from Nazi persecution during World War II. You will discover during your Bargain Holidays to Mahdia that Abdelwahdab has become some sort of a Holocaust hero because of his bravery which saved several Jewish families.
You will learn during your Mahdia Bargain Holidays that up to 100,000 Jews were living in Tunisia in 1942 during the occupation of the German troops. Abdulwadhab was only 31 years old when he heard about the plan of some German officers to rape Odette Boukhris, a Jewish woman. You too, will agree during your Mahdia Bargain Holidays that Abdulwahdab indeed showed the true character of a hero when he hid Boukhris, her family and other Jewish people for four months right in his farm which was located outside Mahdia.
As you wonder about Abdulwhadab’s story during your Bargain Holidays to Mahdia, you can also check out the Skiffa El Kahla” or what they call The Dark Gate. This is actually the gate ordered built by Obeid Allah El Mahdia in 1912, which serves as the entrance to the fortified city. You will find during your Bargain Holidays to Mahdia that the private palace of the Fatimid prince as well as the Great Mosque, are located behind the gate.
You will discover during your Mahdia Bargain Holidays that your dream of experiencing the Thousand and one Nights will finally come true right in Mahdia. This can only happen every Friday when the ancient embroiderers and weavers turn the Skiffa El Kahla into the cave of Ali Baba where every souvenir you need on your Mahdia Bargain Holidays is on sale.
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