Rif - Wikipedia
The Rif or Riff (Tarifit: ⴰⵔⵔⵉⴼ, ⴰⵔⵉⴼ, romanized: Arrif, Arif, Arabic: الريف), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. It is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and Spain and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the homeland of the Rifians and the Jebala people .
Republic of the Rif - Wikipedia
The Republic of the Rif (Arabic: جمهورية الريف Jumhūriyyatu r-Rīf) was a confederate republic in the Rif, Morocco, that existed between 1921 and 1926. It was created in September 1921, when a coalition of Rifians and Jebala led by Abd el-Krim revolted in the Rif War against the Spanish protectorate in Morocco .
Rifians - Wikipedia
Riffians or Rifians (Berber languages: ⵉⵔⵉⴼⵉⵢⴻⵏ, romanized: Iriffiyen; singular: ⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉ, Ariffi, pronounced [iɾifijən, æɾifi], Moroccan Arabic: ريافة, pronounced [riafa]) are a Berber ethnic group originally from the Rif region of northeastern Morocco …
Republic of the Rif | former state, North Africa | Britannica
…and founder of the short-lived Republic of the Rif (1923–26). A skilled tactician and a capable organizer, he led a liberation movement that made him the hero of the Maghrib (northwest Africa). …him and subsequently established the Republic of the Rif, which was formally constituted as an independent state in 1923.
Rif War | Facts, History, & Outcome | Britannica
Rif War (1921–26), conflict between Spanish colonial forces and Rif peoples led by Muhammad Abd el-Krim. It was fought mainly in the Rif, a mountainous region of northern Morocco. The war was the last and perhaps most significant of many confrontations between the Berber peoples inhabiting the region and the Spanish.
Rif | Rif Mountains, Berber, Morocco | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Rif, any of the Berber peoples occupying a part of northeastern Morocco known as the Rif, an Arabic word meaning “edge of cultivated area.” The Rif are divided into 19 groups or social units: 5 in the west along the Mediterranean coast, 7 in the …
The plight of the Rif: Morocco’s restive northern periphery
2012年9月28日 · The unrest in the Rif is based in their tumultuous history as a battered people on Morocco’s northern periphery. Understanding their history, the people of the Rif need to be treated with ...
The Rif travel guide - Insight Guides
The Rif, known as the bled es siba (“land of lawlessness”), stretches from Cap Spartel to the border with Algeria and is one of Morocco’s most strikingly beautiful regions, taking in Mediterranean coastal resorts and the atmospheric towns of Chefchaouen and Tetouan.
Morocco’s Outlaw Country Is the Heartland of Global Terrorism
2016年4月7日 · A mountainous region in northern Morocco, stretching from the teeming cities of Tangier and Tetouan in the west to the Algerian border in the east, the Rif is an impoverished area rich in...
Rif War - Wikipedia
The Rif War (Tarifit: ⴰⵎⴻⵏⵖⵉ ⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⴼ, romanized: Amenɣi n Arif, Arabic: حرب الريف, romanized: ḥarb ar-rīf, Spanish: Guerra del Rif) was an armed conflict fought from 1921 to 1926 between Spain (joined by France in 1924) and the Berber (Amazigh) tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco.