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Arabs at a cafe in Algiers, 1899.. Maghrebi Arabs (Arabic: العرب المغاربة, romanized: al-‘Arab al-Maghāriba) or North African Arabs (Arabic: عرب شمال أفريقيا, romanized: ‘Arab Shamāl Ifrīqiyā) are the inhabitants of the Maghreb region of North Africa whose ethnic identity is Arab, whose native language is Arabic and trace their ancestry to the tribes of the ...
The Maghreb is divided into a Mediterranean climate region in the north, and the arid Sahara in the south. The Maghreb's variations in elevation, rainfall, temperature, and soils give rise to distinct communities of plants and animals. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) identifies several distinct ecoregions in the Maghreb.
The major migration to the region by Arab tribes was in the 11th century when the tribes of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym, along with others, were sent by the Fatimids to defeat a Berber rebellion and then settle in the Maghreb. [32] These tribes advanced in large numbers all the way to Morocco, contributing to a more extensive ethnic, genetic ...
The members of this family have particularly marked the history of the Maghreb and al-Andalus, notably Yusuf al-Fihri, Habib al-Fihri, and Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri I. Sharifian tribes such as the Sulaymanids and Idrisids that are descended from Banu Hashim, between the 8th and 10th centuries.
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 .
Berber tribes are tribes of Berber descent inhabiting the Maghreb region. They are traditionally divided into three large tribal confederations: Masmuda , Zenata and Sanhaja . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They often form smaller confederations of tribes together (for example the Haha or the Ait Yafelman ).
Pages in category "Maghreb" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. ... Kunta (tribe) L. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in ...
Additionally, the minority of Maghrawa tribes who had not left the central Maghreb with al-Khayr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Khayr after 971 remained in the Chélif region, even under Almoravid rule. [2] They became important again for a time during the 14th century, when their main city was Timzaghat (or Timzurat).