Azawagh_Arabs

Azawagh Arabs

Azawagh Arabs

Nomadic Arab ethnic group in Niger, Mali, and Algeria

The Azawagh Arabs (Arabic: عرب أزواغ) (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic ethnic Arab-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.[1] Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the Sahara[2] and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Paris (1995): p. 250.
  2. [2]
    For an introduction to the culture of the Azawagh Arabs, see Rebecca Popenoe, Feeding Desire — Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. Routledge, London (2003) ISBN 0-415-28096-6
  3. [3]
    Popenoe (2003), p. 16-17.
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