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Maghrib

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Maghrib

 or Maghreb

Region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It comprises the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and, often, Libya. In earlier times the term sometimes included parts of Muslim Spain. During Roman times the region was called Africa Minor, but, following the Muslim conquests of the 7th–8th centuries, it came to be known as the Maghrib (“West”) inasmuch as it comprised the most westerly reaches of the Muslim world. The region has since developed its own unique culture within the larger Islamic world. Berbers and Arabs are the two main ethnic groups. Arabic is the predominant language. Berber and French are also widely spoken.


Maghreb, Maghrib
NW Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya


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25) Of course there would always be detractors like ibn Taymiyyah and al-Suy, (26) but in effect, falsafah in the guise of kalam, and mantiq as an independent science, had become thoroughly Islamized and firmly entrenched in mainstream traditional Islamic education throughout the Muslim world, from the Maghrib (27) to the Malay Archipelago.
As in other countries of the Maghrib, the historical events that have contributed to the dynamism of Tulzisian culture are still clearly recognizable in the wide variety of textiles used and dress worn throughout the country, as well as in the particular significance of certain textiles and their methods of production in different communities (Spring and Hudson 1995).
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