Douz (Arabic: دوز dūzⓘ) is a town in the Kebili Governorate in the south of Tunisia, known as the "gateway to the Sahara.

[3] In previous times it was an important stop on the trans-Saharan caravan routes.

[3][self-published source][1][4] Every year Douz hosts the International Festival of the Sahara, a four-day celebration of traditional desert culture.

The festival, usually held in November or December, features traditional music and dancing, poetry readings, camel wrestling, and racing of horses and salugis.

[5] Douz is home to the Museum of the Sahara, which showcases displays on traditional nomadic desert culture of the Mrazig people who now mostly live a settled life in the town.