Azawagh Arabs

Azawagh Arabs
Total population
	300,000
Regions with significant populations
	Algeria: at least 250,000; Mali: at least 40,000; Niger: at least 10,000;
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.^[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]

References

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

Bibliography

Popenoe, Rebecca (2003). Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415280966. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
Paris, François (1995). "L Bassin de I'Azawagh : peuplements et civilisations, du néolithique à l'arrivée de l'islam" (PDF). Milieux, sociétés et archéologues (in French). Karthala. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

[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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