(Arabic) Marketplace (usually open-air)
an open-air market in an Arabian city
a market in which you can find almost anything, including locally grown/made products
an open-air marketplace in North Africa
Market associated primarily with the Middle East in which physical gold of very high purity is actively traded mainly in the form of jewellery, coins and small bars.
A souk (سوق, also sook, souq, or suq) is a commercial quarter in an Arab city. The term is often used to designate the market in any Arabized city. It may also refer to the weekly market in some smaller towns where neutrality from tribal conflicts would be declared to permit the exchange of surplus goods.