Photos: A Visit in Mauritania and Sahara Desert

After having already visited quite a few African countries, Lubavitcher photographer Meir Alfasi visited Mauritania, the 11th-largest country in Africa with 90% of its territory situated in the Sahara.

Alfasi traveled twenty hours on the longest train in the world, crossed the driest desert in the world, and met dangerous scorpions and slaves (yes, it exists).

During the trip, Alfasi printed an edition of the book of Tanya in the country and learned from it, as is customary by Chabad Chassidim upon instruction of the Rebbe.

He dedicated the printing to the neshamos of his close friends who passed away in recent years:

Rabbi Moti Anati from Florida, who died during the covid pandemic; Dekel Levy, who also died from the complications of the disease; and Moti Cohen, a well-known man of kindness and a dear friend who was killed in a motorcycle accident.

But all this did not prepare him for the nightmare when he was stuck for hours trying to get out of the Islamic State. The adventure seeker marked off one more destination on his list and was glad to return back home.