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In the south, Moroccan resistance rallied around Ahmed al-Hiba, the son of the late Ma al-Aynayn, who declared a jihad to expel the French from Morocco. [7] Quickly gaining control of the Souss valley, in July, 1912, Ahmed al-Hiba led his Saharan troops ("Blue Men") and his growing army of Moroccan followers over the High Atlas.
People & Places is a series of short subject documentary films released by Walt Disney Productions from 1953 to 1960 and was later revived in 2024. The original series (except The Alaskan Eskimo, Siam, Sardinia, and The Blue Men of Morocco) was filmed in CinemaScope in various locations around the world.
Armed Tuareg men depicted in a French book of 1821. Both men carry spears and the telek dagger attached to the left forearm, the man on the right (a noble) is also armed with the takouba sword. takoba: 1 meter long straight sword; sheru: long dagger; telek: short dagger kept in a sheath attached to the left forearm. allagh: 2 meter long lance
Ahmed al-Hiba (Arabic: أحمد الهيبة, also known as The Blue Sultan; 9 September 1877 – 26 June 1919), was a leader of an armed resistance to the French colonial power in Western Sahara, and was Blue Sultan of Morocco. [1] In English texts he is usually named simply El Hiba. In addition to his revolutionary activity, Ahmed al-Hiba was ...
The Blue Men (Playhouse 90), a 1959 television play directed by John Frankenheimer; Blue men of the Minch, mythological creatures also known as storm kelpies "Blue Men" of the Sahara, name used by early visitors to describe the men of the Tuareg people; Blámenn (“blue men”), Nordic designation for dark-skinned people during the Viking Age ...
Halftime: Morocco leads 2-0 in men’s soccer bronze medal game vs. Egypt. Morocco shot out the gate with goals by Abde Ezzalzouli (23’) and Soufaine Rahimi (26’) to take a 2-0 lead against ...
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Tagelmusts, worn by three Tuareg men A tagelmust, worn by a man. The tagelmust (also known as cheich, cheche and litham) is an indigo-dyed cotton litham, with the appearance of both a veil and a turban. The cloth may exceed 10 metres (33 ft) in length. It is mostly worn by Tuareg Berber men, the Hausa of the far northern Sahel region and the ...