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Sidi
Sidi
Sidi is a masculine title of respect, meaning "my master" in Western Arabic language and Egyptian Arabic equivalent to modern popular usage of the English Mr....

 is an Arabic honorific.

Sidi is part of the following proper names:
  • El Cid Campeador, Cid being the Spanish corruption of Sidi, a Christian knight of the Reconquista
  • Cide Hamete Benengeli, the fictional author of Don Quixote
  • Sidi Abdel Rahman
    Sidi Abdel Rahman
    Sidi Abdel Rahman is a small settlement in Egypt. It is most famous for its beach located 132 km west of Alexandria and some 30 km west of Al Alamin...

     is a town in Egypt
  • Sidi Barrani
    Sidi Barrani
    Sidi Barrani is a town in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about east of the border with Libya, and around from Tobruk, Libya.Probably named after Sidi Mohammed el Barrani, a Senussi fighter in the early 1900s, the village is mainly a Bedouin community...

    , an Egyptian village
  • Sidi Bel Abbes
    Sidi Bel Abbes
    Sidi Bel-Abbes is capital of the Sidi Bel Abbès wilaya , Algeria. It is named after a Muslim holy man who is buried there. It is the commercial center of an important area of vineyards, market gardens, orchards, and grain fields. It is surrounded by a wall with four gates and there is a...

    , an Algerian wilayah (province)
  • Sidi Ifni
    Sidi Ifni
    Sidi Ifni is a city located in southwest Morocco, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 20,000 people. The economic base of the city is fishing. It belongs to the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region and to the Sidi Ifni province. Its inhabitants are mainly Chleuhs from the Ait...

    , a Moroccan city
  • Three massacres named after the Algerian villages where they occurred:
  • Sidi Daoud massacre
    Sidi Daoud massacre
    The Sidi Daoud massacre took place outside the village of Sidi Daoud near Sig in western Algeria on the night of 12 October 1997. 43 people were killed at a fake roadblock.-External links:* - brief mention...

  • Sid El-Antri massacre
    Sid El-Antri massacre
    The Sid El-Antri massacre took place on the night of 23-24 December 1997 in two small villages near Tiaret, Algeria. The death toll is unclear; Reuters cites "at least 80", or 48 according to the government, Le Jeune Independent says 117 people were killed and 11 abducted by terrorists, and a...

  • Sidi-Hamed massacre
    Sidi-Hamed massacre
    The Sidi-Hamed massacre took place on the night of January 11, 1998 , in the town of Sidi-Hamed , 30 km south of Algiers...


  • Sidi Moro Sanneh
    Sidi Moro Sanneh
    Sidi Moro Sanneh is a Gambian economist, political figure and diplomat.Sanneh studied and worked in the United States, particularly in urban development. He joined the Gambian civil service in 1977. He later became an advisor to the United Nations and worked as a director at the African...

    , Gambian economist
  • Sidi Said, leader of an Algerian trade union
  • Sidi Bouzid Governorate, Tunisia

See also

  • Siddi
    Siddi
    The Siddi, Siddhi, or Sheedi , also known as Habshi, are an Indian and Pakistani ethnic group of Afro-Arab and/or Black African descent. The Siddi population is currently estimated to be 20,000–55,000, with Gujarat and Hyderabad in India the main population centre. Siddis are mainly Sufi Muslims,...

    , a community of Sufis from the region of Gujarat, India, who arrived from East Africa in the 12th century
  • SIDI (disambiguation)
    Sidi (disambiguation)
    Sidi is an Arabic honorific.Sidi is part of the following proper names:*El Cid Campeador, Cid being the Spanish corruption of Sidi, a Christian knight of the Reconquista*Cide Hamete Benengeli, the fictional author of Don Quixote...

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