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Africa (Arab Maghreb Union)
Modern Maghreb

The Maghreb (Arabic: المغرب العربي al-Maġrib al-ʿArabī) is the western part of the Arab world. It is in North Africa. The term is generally applied to all of Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, but in older Arabic usage meant only the area of the three countries between the high ranges of the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). Historically, some writers also included Muslim ruled regions in Spain, Portugal, Sicily and Malta in the definition. Malta, in particular, still speaks a language based on its own Maghrebi Arabic variety: Maltese.


Images for kids

  • Ida Ou Nadif head ornament (19th century)

    Maghreb head ornament (Morocco)

  • Romtrireme

    Roman trireme on a mosaic in the Bardo Museum, Tunisia

  • Kairouan Mosque Courtyard

    The Great Mosque of Kairouan, founded by the Arab general Uqba Ibn Nafi (in 670), is the oldest mosque in the Maghreb city of Kairouan, Tunisia.

  • Geschichte des Kostüms (1905) (14580573400)

    People of Maghreb

  • Panorama du Medracen

    The mausoleum of Madghacen

  • Kabylie Christian family

    Christian Berber family from Kabylia

  • Chamaerops humilis argentea1

    Dwarf fan palm, grown in Maghrebi countries

  • Cuscus

    Cuscus

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Magreb para niños

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