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Nomadic Arab ethnic group in Niger, Mali, and Algeria Ethnic group
Azawagh Arabs
Total population
300,000
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Hassaniya Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arabs (Bedouin groups)


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.

Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the Sahara and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.

See also

References

  1. Paris (1995): p. 250.
  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. Popenoe (2003), p. 16-17.
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