Maghrebi Arabs

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Maghrebi Arabs

majority population

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{{Short description|Ethnic Arabs of North Africa}}
{{Short description|Ethnic Arabs of North Africa}}
[[File:Arabs at a cafe, Algiers, Algeria-LCCN2001697836.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Arabs at a cafe in [[Algiers]], 1899.]]
[[File:Arabs at a cafe, Algiers, Algeria-LCCN2001697836.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Arabs at a cafe in [[Algiers]], 1899.]]
'''Maghrebi Arabs''' ({{langx|ar|العرب المغاربة|translit=al-‘Arab al-Maghāriba}}) or '''North African Arabs''' ({{langx|ar|عرب شمال أفريقيا|translit=‘Arab Shamāl Ifrīqiyā}}) are the inhabitants of the [[Maghreb]] region of [[North Africa]] whose ethnic identity is [[Arabs|Arab]], whose native language is [[Arabic]] and trace their ancestry to the tribes of the [[Arabian Peninsula]].{{cite book |author=Skutsch |first=Carl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXYKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 |title=Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities |date=2013 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9781135193881 |page=119 |accessdate=2017-01-25}} This ethnic identity is a product of the centuries-long [[Arab migration to the Maghreb]] since the 7th century, which changed the demographic scope of the Maghreb and was a major factor in the ethnic, linguistic and cultural [[Arabization]] of the Maghreb region.
'''Maghrebi Arabs''' ({{langx|ar|العرب المغاربة|translit=al-‘Arab al-Maghāriba}}) or '''North African Arabs''' ({{langx|ar|عرب شمال أفريقيا|translit=‘Arab Shamāl Ifrīqiyā}}) are the inhabitants of the [[Maghreb]] region of [[North Africa]] whose ethnic identity is [[Arabs|Arab]], whose native language is [[Arabic]] and who trace their ancestry to the tribes of the [[Arabian Peninsula]].{{cite book |author=Skutsch |first=Carl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXYKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 |title=Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities |date=2013 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9781135193881 |page=119 |accessdate=2017-01-25}} This ethnic identity is a product of the centuries-long [[Arab migration to the Maghreb]] since the 7th century, which changed the demographic scope of the Maghreb and was a major factor in the ethnic, linguistic and cultural [[Arabization]] of the Maghreb region.

Arabs make up the largest ethnic group in North Africa.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2013 |title=Arabs of North Africa |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of African Peoples |publisher=[[Routledge]] |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_African_Peoples/ISAuAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA32&printsec=frontcover |last=The Diagram Group |orig-date=2000 |pages=32–35 |isbn=978-1-135-96334-7}}


== History ==
== History ==
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== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
Today, the Arabs make up the majority of the population of the countries of the Maghreb, comprising 70%{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qBm4-HivM0C&pg=PA8 |title=The Report: Algeria 2007 |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-902339-70-2 |language=en}} to 80%{{Cite book |last=Laaredj-Campbell |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7UvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |title=Changing Female Literacy Practices in Algeria: Empirical Study on Cultural Construction of Gender and Empowerment |date=2015-12-10 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-658-11633-0 |language=en}} of Algeria, 92%{{Cite book |last=Yakan |first=Mohamad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_hADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 |title=Almanac of African Peoples and Nations |date=2017-11-30 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-28930-6 |language=en}} to 97%{{Cite book |last1=Malcolm |first1=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_l87ixBRpKIC&pg=PA62 |title=Libya |last2=Losleben |first2=Elizabeth |date=2004 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-1702-6 |language=en}} of Libya, 67%{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fs0Fog7XneUC&pg=PA11 |title=The Report: Morocco 2012 |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-907065-54-5 |language=en}} to 70%{{Cite book |last1=Son |first1=George Philip & |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UD0kOEb1XIC&pg=PA161 |title=Encyclopedic World Atlas |last2=Press |first2=Oxford University |date=2002-12-26 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-521920-3 |pages=161 |language=en}} of Morocco and 98% of Tunisia.{{Citation |title=Tunisia |date=2022-12-02 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201185307/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |work=The World Factbook |access-date=2022-12-12 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}
Today, the Arabs make up the majority of the population of the countries of the Maghreb, comprising 70%{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qBm4-HivM0C&pg=PA8 |title=The Report: Algeria 2007 |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-902339-70-2 |language=en}} to 80%{{Cite book |last=Laaredj-Campbell |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7UvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |title=Changing Female Literacy Practices in Algeria: Empirical Study on Cultural Construction of Gender and Empowerment |date=2015-12-10 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-658-11633-0 |language=en}} of Algeria, 92%{{Cite book |last=Yakan |first=Mohamad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_hADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 |title=Almanac of African Peoples and Nations |date=2017-11-30 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-28930-6 |language=en}} to 97%{{Cite book |last1=Malcolm |first1=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_l87ixBRpKIC&pg=PA62 |title=Libya |last2=Losleben |first2=Elizabeth |date=2004 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-1702-6 |language=en}} of Libya, 67%{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fs0Fog7XneUC&pg=PA11 |title=The Report: Morocco 2012 |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-907065-54-5 |language=en}} to 70%{{Cite book |last1=Son |first1=George Philip & |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UD0kOEb1XIC&pg=PA161 |title=Encyclopedic World Atlas |last2=Press |first2=Oxford University |date=2002-12-26 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-521920-3 |pages=161 |language=en}} of Morocco and 98% of Tunisia.{{Citation |title=Tunisia |date=2022-12-02 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201185307/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |work=The World Factbook |access-date=2022-12-12 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}


=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
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== Culture ==
== Culture ==
{{main|Arab culture}}
{{main|Arab culture}}

Unlike other conquerors of the Maghreb, the Arab Muslim conquerors of the seventh and eighth centuries impacted the culture much more heavily.{{Cite web |title=North Africa - Arab Conquest, Colonization, Decolonization {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Africa/From-the-Arab-conquest-to-1830 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} The later large scale [[Arab migrations to the Maghreb|Arab tribal migrations of the eleventh and twelfth century]] accelerated the Arabization process and heavily transformed the culture of the Maghreb into [[Arab culture]], spreading nomadism in areas where agriculture was previously dominant.
Unlike other conquerors of the Maghreb, the Arab Muslim conquerors of the seventh and eighth centuries impacted the culture much more heavily.{{Cite web |title=North Africa - Arab Conquest, Colonization, Decolonization {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Africa/From-the-Arab-conquest-to-1830 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} The later large scale [[Arab migrations to the Maghreb|Arab tribal migrations of the eleventh and twelfth century]] accelerated the Arabization process and heavily transformed the culture of the Maghreb into [[Arab culture]], spreading nomadism in areas where agriculture was previously dominant.


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