Bayt Dakira

Bayt Dakira

Interior of the museum in 2019
Established	2020 [1]
Location	Essaouira, Morocco
Coordinates	31°30′48″N9°46′16″W / 31.5134°N 9.7711°W / 31.5134; -9.7711
Type	Jewish museum

Bayt Dakira or the House of Memory is a Jewish museum located in the Jewish quarter "Mellah" of Essaouira's old medina in Morocco.

The museum aims to be a spiritual space dedicated to the Jewish community of the city. ^[2] It plays an important role in the preservation and valorisation of the Moroccan Jewish memory. ^[3]

Through its exhibition of rare objects, texts and photographs, the museum seeks also to show the coexistence between Muslims and Jews in the city. ^[2] Visitors are greeted by the expression "Shalom Aleykoum, Salam Lekoulam" which is a mix of Arabic and Hebrew to illustrate the friendship between Jews and Muslims. ^{[4] [5]}

A Torah and a Quran side by side

The museum includes the Simon Attias Synagogue and the Haim and Célia Zafrani Research Center on the History of Relations between Judaism and Islam. ^[2]

See also

• Jews in Morocco

References

1. Irina Tsukerman (30 January 2020). "Inauguration of Beit Dakira marks renaissance of Jewish life in Morocco". jpost.com.
2. "Bayt Dakira or the happy diversity". telquel.ma (in French). 24 January 2020.
3. Mohamed Amine (16 January 2020). "Bayt Dakira : the sovereign immortalises the judeo-moroccan memory". challenge.ma (in French).
4. Amine Boushaba (7 November 2019). "Bayt Dakira, the jewish memory of Essaouira". leconomiste.com (in French).
5. "Bayt Dakira a jewish museum in Essaouria and a coexstance model between the muslims and the jews". euronews.com (in Arabic). 21 January 2020.