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Tunis is a small village in Fayoum on the border of the Lake (south-western part of Fayoum). Educated by a Swiss potter who started a pottery school for children in 1970, several local potters have started pottery schools and sales points. They make lovely pottery, mostly decorated with naive art, depicting the things they see in daily life, like donkeys, goats, ducks and agricultural products. Presently it is home to five pottery workshops that produce pottery with a modern method different to that of Al-Nazla Village. Village of Al-Nazla is located about 35km northwest of the capital Fayoum. The village sits atop a narrow valley. For many, it’s a pottery paradise. Work is carried out according to very old and traditional methods that have not changed much since Pharaonic times. In the village’s more than 15 pottery shops, pottery is produced in open-air workshops.