Story of Sofra Textile

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Starting a textile weaving company wasn’t in the plans of a young teacher Flavio Basciano when he migrated from Palermo, Sicily to Ghomrassen, a city in southeast Tunisia, in the early 1920’s. Italy was in the midst of tumultuous economic times following World War 1 as Flavio joined the more than 100,000 Italians residents in Tunisia.

Flavio volunteered to teach French in Tunisia as France began its policy of economic and cultural
expansion of the country by opening free schools and spreading the French language in North Africa. He stayed to teach in the desert area for 20 years.