[Year of first publication] 1994 [Character(s)] Nazira Mualdeb and her family [Work] The Perfumes of Carthage (Perfumes de Cartago) [Creator] Teresa Porzecanski [Country of publication] Uruguay [Details] The novella follows the lives of the women of the Mualdeb family from the time they emigrate from Syria to Uruguay in the early 20th century. As the family slowly assimilates, they maintain symbols and traditions of their sephardic heritage, such as the use of a matchmaker to arrange marriages.[113] [Media] 
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