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Tunisian Muslim Community Turns To AI To Save Heritage

The manuscripts are dusted and scanned for digital copies, which Barouni believes is "today's only solution" to preserve the old texts
In an unassuming house on the Tunisian island of Djerba, Said al-Barouni embarked on a mission to safeguard his Muslim community's little-known heritage, using technology and AI to save age-old religious manuscripts.
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