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The Ghomara are an originally Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 group in northern Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, between the rivers Oued Laou
Oued Laou

Oued Laou is a small town located in northern Morocco at the Mediterranean Sea. The two main cities nearby are Tetouan at northwest and Chefchaouen at southwest....
 and Ouringa, north of Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name.Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan....
 and south of Tetouan
Tétouan

T?touan , also spelled Tetuan, sometimes Tettawen or Tettawin, is a city in northern Morocco. It is the only open port of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 40 mi E.S.E....
, just east of the Rif
Rif

The Rif is a mainly mountainous region of northern Morocco, stretching from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Ras Kebdana and the Moulouya River in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Ouargha in the south....
. The river Tiguisas runs through the middle of their territory. While most have shifted to speaking Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
, a minority continue to speak the Berber
Berber languages

The Berber languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, as well as by Berber people communities in parts of Niger and Mali....
 Ghomara language
Ghomara language

The language of the Ghomara is a Northern Berber language of the Zenati subgroup, spoken on the western edge of the Rif in Morocco. Contrary to the Ethnologue, it is not extinct; Peter Behnstedt reports that it is spoken in at least the douar of Amtiqan and its immediate neighborhood, just west of Oued Ouringa....
.

In medieval times, the self-proclaimed prophet Ha-Mim
Ha-Mim

Ha-Mim is the short form of the name Ha-Mim ibn Mann-Allah ibn Harir ibn Umar ibn Rahfu ibn Azerwal ibn Majkasa, also known as Abu Muhammad; he was a member of the Majkasa sub-tribe of the Ghomara Berber people who proclaimed himself a prophet in 925 near Tetouan in Morocco....
 briefly rose up among them.








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The Ghomara are an originally Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 group in northern Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, between the rivers Oued Laou
Oued Laou

Oued Laou is a small town located in northern Morocco at the Mediterranean Sea. The two main cities nearby are Tetouan at northwest and Chefchaouen at southwest....
 and Ouringa, north of Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name.Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan....
 and south of Tetouan
Tétouan

T?touan , also spelled Tetuan, sometimes Tettawen or Tettawin, is a city in northern Morocco. It is the only open port of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 40 mi E.S.E....
, just east of the Rif
Rif

The Rif is a mainly mountainous region of northern Morocco, stretching from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Ras Kebdana and the Moulouya River in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Ouargha in the south....
. The river Tiguisas runs through the middle of their territory. While most have shifted to speaking Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
, a minority continue to speak the Berber
Berber languages

The Berber languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, as well as by Berber people communities in parts of Niger and Mali....
 Ghomara language
Ghomara language

The language of the Ghomara is a Northern Berber language of the Zenati subgroup, spoken on the western edge of the Rif in Morocco. Contrary to the Ethnologue, it is not extinct; Peter Behnstedt reports that it is spoken in at least the douar of Amtiqan and its immediate neighborhood, just west of Oued Ouringa....
.

In medieval times, the self-proclaimed prophet Ha-Mim
Ha-Mim

Ha-Mim is the short form of the name Ha-Mim ibn Mann-Allah ibn Harir ibn Umar ibn Rahfu ibn Azerwal ibn Majkasa, also known as Abu Muhammad; he was a member of the Majkasa sub-tribe of the Ghomara Berber people who proclaimed himself a prophet in 925 near Tetouan in Morocco....
 briefly rose up among them.

Tribes

They are traditionally divided into eight tribes:
  • Beni Ziat
  • Beni Zejel
  • Beni Selman
  • Beni Bu Zra, the last to retain the Ghomara language
    Ghomara language

    The language of the Ghomara is a Northern Berber language of the Zenati subgroup, spoken on the western edge of the Rif in Morocco. Contrary to the Ethnologue, it is not extinct; Peter Behnstedt reports that it is spoken in at least the douar of Amtiqan and its immediate neighborhood, just west of Oued Ouringa....
  • Beni Mansur
  • Beni Grir
  • Beni Smih
  • Beni Rezin
  • Beni khaled -bab berred-


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