Mzab Morocco
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Mzab (in Arabic: مزاب) is an Arab tribe in Morocco. It is not to be confused with an Algerian Berber tribe that has the same name (see M'zab). The tribe's land is in the Chaouia plain located south of Casablanca. Mzab as well as the other Arab tribes living in the coastal plains descend from the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaim tribes that moved from Arabia to North Africa in the 12th century C.E.
Mzabis are known in Morocco for being hotheaded and there is a popular joke that says:
A Mzabi once came back home from the weekly market and although he bought everything he needed, he insisted that he forgot something. Since he could not recall what it was, he decided to go back to the market. An hour later he came back home with blood on his face, so his wife asked him: what happened to you? He said: I forgot to fight in the market.
Mzab is divided into many smaller tribes, the most important of which are:
- Hamdawa حمداوة
- Khzazra الخزازرة
- Beni Brahim بني براهيم
- Oulad Fares اولاد فارس
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