Tunisian Muslim community turns to AI to save heritage

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Titre

Tunisian Muslim community turns to AI to save heritage

Auteur

Bounab, Youcef

Date

2024-06-05

Résumé

In an unassuming house on the Tunisian island of Djerba, Said al-Barouni embarked on a mission to safeguard his Muslim community's little-known heritage, using technology and AI to save age-old religious manuscripts.The 74-year-old librarian and member of the Islamic offshoot Ibadism took up the reins of his family's six-generation library in the 1960s and has been in a race against time to preserve whatever Ibadi manuscripts he can find.

Editeur

Al-Monitor

Sujet

Bibliothèques -- Djerba

Langue

eng

uri

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/06/tunisian-muslim-community-turns-ai-save-heritage