In Taos Pueblo, 1000-year-old mud houses with propane and mobile wifi

by Rashmee

Posted on May 14, 2023


Visiting the Taos Pueblo takes you back in time. Supposedly a thousand years but certainly …

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Visiting the Ben Nasrs in their troglodyte house, Matmata, Tunisia

by Rashmee

Posted on May 28, 2018


We turn up at the Ben Nasrs’ family home in western Matmata. Here’s a handy …

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Tunisia’s troglodytes follow a different script from Star Wars

by Rashmee

Posted on May 27, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


MATMATA, Tunisia — Najet sits in her kitchen about 6 metres below ground level. It …

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A distinctly European sensibility in a Tunisian troglodyte house

by Rashmee

Posted on May 19, 2018


We walk into the Trait d’Union, Tijma, Matmata in distant south-eastern Tunisia. The Libyan border …

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In Old Matmata, Tunisia, they still live below the ground as for centuries

by Rashmee

Posted on May 17, 2018


Off to Matmata, the Berber town in southern Tunisia, where some of the locals still …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK