Bayt Dakira

Bayt Dakira

Interior of the museum in 2019
Location	Essaouira, Morocco
Coordinates	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.[1] It plays an important role in the preservation and valorisation of the Moroccan Jewish memory.[2]

Through its exhibition of rare objects, texts and photographs, the museum seeks also to show the coexistence between Muslims and Jews in the city.[1] 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.[3][4]

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.[1]

See also

• Jews in Morocco

References

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