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The Maghreb is usually defined as encompassing much of the northern part of Africa, including a large portion of the Sahara Desert, but excluding Egypt and the Sudan, which are considered to be located in the Mashriq — the eastern part of the Arab world.
The Arab Maghreb Union (Arabic: إتحاد المغرب العربي Ittiḥād al-Maghrib al-‘Arabī; AMU/UMA) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa.
The eastern part of the Arab world is known as the Mashriq, and the western part as the Maghreb. According to the World Bank, the Arab world has a total population of 456 million inhabitants and a gross domestic product of $2.85 trillion, as of 2021. [2]
Maghrebis or Maghrebians (Arabic: المغاربيون, romanized: al-Māghāribiyyun) are the inhabitants of the Maghreb region of North Africa. [13] It is a modern Arabic term meaning "Westerners", denoting their location in the western part of the Arab world. Maghrebis are predominantly of Arab and Berber origins.
'the Arab east'), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is a term used by Arabs to refer to the eastern part of the Arab world, as opposed to the Maghreb (western) region, and located in Western Asia and eastern North Africa. [1] It is the Arabic equivalent for the term Middle East. [2]
African countries in the Maghreb region of North Africa; Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. ... Sahrawi Arab Democratic ...
The Arab migrations to the Maghreb had a profound impact on the demographics and culture of the Maghreb. It resulted in the population of the Maghreb becoming predominantly Arab, [6] the displacement and Arabization of the Berber and Punic populations, [8] [9] and the spread of the Arabic language and Arab culture throughout the region. [7]
The Maghreb region Otherwise known as the western portion of Northern Africa, these countries form the Arab Maghreb Union, [5] established in 1989. The region was established with the goal of functioning as a unified political and economic grouping.