Dar al-Pascha

Hassan Nasr depicts the journey of a man into the past: to the places of his childhood in Tunis. Pascha Street runs through the maze of alleys in the old town of Tunis. It delves into its depths, stretching out its long arms and creating a straight path between the outer wall district and the vibrant heart of the city with its lively markets. Anyone entering the Dar-al-Pascha district will find a very special scent, a mixture of the strong, spicy aromas from the alleys that permeate the entire area. After a long absence, Murtada al-Schâmich returns to Tunis. Decades have passed since he left his family and homeland behind. Now he has only one goal: Dar al-Pascha, the neighborhood where his family home stands, where he, raised in a strict religious environment, spent an unhappy childhood. He was a teenager then.