Tunisia: The troglodyte dwellings of Matmata
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Ahlem, four, climbs up a wall to reach her rabbit's hideaway at her troglodyte house on the outskirts of Matmata -
A general view of troglodyte houses in Matmata, a Berber village in southern Tunisia -
Saliha Mohamedi, 36, sits with her children at their troglodyte house on the outskirts of Matmata, Tunisia. "I don't want to leave my house, it would be as if I was throwing my life and my traditions away," she says -
Mustapha, a 54-year-old farmer, sits in the corridor of his family's troglodyte house which has been converted to a warehouse -
Aicha, 64, lays olives out to dry on the outskirts of the Tunisian village of Matmata -
Tayeb, 76, sits inside his troglodyte home in Matmata, Tunisia. "Our home was open for tourists to visit, but now with the lack of tourists we don't earn anything. I don't want to leave my house, it's where I grew up," says Tayeb -
Mounjia, 60, weaves a carpet at her troglodyte home in Matmata. "I don't want to leave my troglodyte house for a modern one, we could buy everything but not the peace of mind," says Mounjia -
Saliha Mohamedi, 36, looks out from the kitchen of her troglodyte house on the outskirts of Matmata, Tunisia -
Samar, 18, and Latifa Ben Yahia, 38, (C) shell peas as their brother watches television at their troglodyte house on the outskirts of Matmata -
Mounjia, 60, poses for photographs in the kitchen of her troglodyte house in Matmata -
Latifa Ben Yahia, 38, prepares vegetables to cook in the kitchen of her troglodyte house in Matmata, Tunisia -
Saliha Mohamedi, 36, grinds wheat at her troglodyte house on the outskirts of Matmata, Tunisia