One of the markets of the medina of Sfax (which the Tunisian government submitted a demand to be added on the UNESCO World Heritage list on February 12, 2012) is Souk Kriaa, which is a covered space with an irregular pentagon shape, and was built using local material due to lack of building materials after the World War.
Souk Kriaa (Arabic :  ) or The New Souk that is also known as Souk El Msakkaf is one of the markets of the medina of Sfax. Souk Kriaa is a covered space with an irregular pentagon shape, with four domed wings and a huge entrance that contains a huge dome. After the World War II, due to the immense lack of building materials (like iron and cement etc.), Mohammed Kriaa preferred using local materials to build the souk. On 12 February 2012, the Tunisian government submitted a demand to add it on the UNESCO World heritage list. 
