Uncovering Tunisia’s Hidden Greek Heritage 🇬🇷

This might be one of the most overlooked chapters of Tunisian history that hardly anyone talks about.

In the early 1800s, Tunis was a bustling city of about 85,000 people—and fewer than 1% were Europeans. Among them was a small Greek community, some arriving as traders, others as sponge divers, and a number brought through piracy and slavery.

By 1846, the Regency of Tunis became the first Muslim-ruled state to abolish slavery, freeing many of these Greeks. Some chose to stay, blending into local society. A few even converted to Islam and rose to remarkable heights. One of them, Mustapha Khaznadar, became Prime Minister of Tunisia and donated the land where St. George’s Church still stands today.

It’s a story that shows how migration, faith, and power could intersect in unexpected ways, leaving marks on the city that are still visible centuries later.

Would you like me to also give this a shorter Instagram-caption style version (punchier, like 3–4 slides worth) or keep it in this longer narrative style?