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Maghreb
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Maghreb The area of north-west Africa which includes Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia which is linked by a common language (Arabic) and a common religion (
Islam). Despite efforts at closer cooperation ever since the independence of these states, further integration has been made all but impossible through sharp ideological divisions, domestic instability, and intense border struggles between the individual states. In February 1989 they formed the Arab Maghreb Union in an attempt at economic, political, and cultural harmonization, modelled on the European Community. Nevertheless, its progress continued to be slow, as it was weakened, for example, by continuing differences between Algeria and Morocco over
Western Sahara, and the Algerian Civil War.
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First Maghreb Businessmen's Forum to be held next May 10-11 in Algiers.
Newspaper article from: UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA); 3/19/2009; 700+ words
; Summary: The First Maghreb Businessmen's Forum is due to be held...Algiers, at the initiative of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). The Forum will be attended...Morocco, Mauritania and Libya. The First Maghreb Businessmen's Forum is due to be held...
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Maghreb banks officials' conference.
Newspaper article from: UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA); 6/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...Baccar chaired, on Thursday in Tunis, the Maghreb banks officials' conference, held on...World Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Maghreb Banking Sector and Economic and Financial...Baccar chaired, on Thursday in Tunis, the Maghreb banks officials' conference, held on...
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MSN Unveils Maghreb Portal.
News Wire article from: Albawaba.com; 4/29/2008; 700+ words
; MSN Unveils Maghreb PortalOnline news, entertainment and local content...Orascom Telecom Holding, recently launched a new MSN Maghreb portal at a press conference in Skhirat. The new MSN Maghreb portal, a joint venture between Microsoft and LINKdotNET...
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MSN Unveils Maghreb Portal
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 4/29/2008; 650 words
; MSN Unveils Maghreb PortalOnline news, entertainment and local content...Orascom Telecom Holding, recently launched a new MSN Maghreb portal at a press conference in Skhirat. The new MSN Maghreb portal, a joint venture between Microsoft and LINKdotNET...
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The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), a dream cherished for so long by several generations of political leaders, was really fulfilled on Morocco's land twenty years now, at a time when the international context was unfavourable for their cause, aspirations and am.
Newspaper article from: UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA); 2/17/2009; 700+ words
; Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), a dream cherished for...aspirations and ambitions. The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), a dream cherished for...1989 in Marrakech by the leaders of the Maghreb countries (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania...
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ORBCOMM Maghreb Launches Full Commercial Service in Kingdom of Morocco.
PR Newswire; 5/30/2000; 700+ words
; ORBCOMM Maghreb Launch Ceremony Attended By Heads of State...its Moroccan service licensee, ORBCOMM Maghreb, S.A., is licensed to provide full...Morocco. To inaugurate service, ORBCOMM Maghreb held a launch ceremony on Friday, May...
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The Arab Maghreb in US Calculations.
Newspaper article from: Dar Al Hayat, International ed. (Beirut, Lebanon); 9/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...State Rice and her counterparts from the Maghreb will not depart from the framework of...Qaddafi's Jamahiriya into the Arab Maghreb Union, the Jamahiriya with which the...coup. Indeed, every time a part of the Maghreb Union corrects its course, another part...
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Maghreb integration to come out of the crisis.
Newspaper article from: UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA); 4/18/2009; 700+ words
; Summary: Maghreb regional integration and harmonisation of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) countries' economic development policies...international economic crisis and resist external shocks. Maghreb regional integration and harmonisation of the Arab...
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POLITICS-MAGHREB: BUSINESSMEN LOBBY FOR REGIONAL UNITY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 2/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...to bridge political differences between Maghreb nations that have held them back from...integration. Business leaders from five Maghreb nations, namely Algeria, Libya, Mauritania...established a regional grouping, the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) -- met here recently as...
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Another one bites the dust...monde arabe: Maghreb-Machrek
Magazine article from: Middle East; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...on the demise of the much-respected publication Maghreb-Machrek Maghreb-Machrek, the world's oldest, French-language...decision taken by La Documentation Franfaise say Maghreb-Machrek has become too much of an institution...
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Arab Maghreb Union
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ARAB MAGHREB UNION political body created 17 february 1989, consisting of...and tunisia. Five North African states fashioned the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU; Union du Maghreb Arabe) in the image of the European Union (EU), originally...
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Maghreb
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Maghreb or Magrib [Arab.,=the West], Arabic...by the Atlas Mts. and the Sahara, the Maghreb is more closely related in terms of climate...the Almohads (1159-1229). The Arab Maghreb Union was established in 1989 to promote...
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Peripatetics of the Maghreb
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Peripatetics of the Maghreb ETHNONYMS: Mauritania: Maalemin (S á n'a), Tatari...Amer. Very little is known of peripatetic communities in the Maghreb. In the early twentieth century certain communities such as the Ghenanema...
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Jews of Algeria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Algeria ETHNONYMS: Maghrebi Jews (Arabic maghreb: west), North African Jews, Pieds...settled among the Berber tribes of central Maghreb, some of whom had converted to Judaism...fiercely resisted the Arabization of the Maghreb. Most Berbers were converted to Islam...
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Africa and the Canary Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...history of the eastern Mediterranean (the Maghreb) and the western (the Iberian Peninsula...strongholds along the northern coast of modern Maghreb: Melilla in 1497; Oran, Beja ï...to capture substantial territory in the Maghreb. The disastrous defeat of Portuguese...
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