The Ait Ouriaghel or Ait Waryaghar (Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵡⴰⵔⵢⴰⵖⴻⵔ) is one of the biggest Riffian tribes of the Rif region of the north-eastern part of Morocco and one of the most populous. Ait Waryagher means "those who do not back off/ those who do not retreat". They inhabit most of the territory around the city of Al Hoceima. The Ait Waryaghar speak the "Western-Tarifit" dialect of the Riffian language.
The Ait Waryaghar were the main group which participated in the Rif wars (see Republic of the Rif) against the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco at the beginning of 20th century. The Spanish authorities considered it the nucleus of insumisión to the colonial authority in the Eastern zone of the protectorate (see Battle of Annual).
During the Rif War of 1921-1926, the leadership of the Ait Waryaghar was concentrated in the Al-Khattabi family and, in particular, in Muhammad bin Abd el-Krim al-Khattabi. Its centre was the small locality of Ajdir in the bay of Al Hoceima. Muhammad bin Abd el-Krim al-Khattabi made an alliance with the tribesmen of the Ait Touzine tribe to stop the Spaniards at the Nekor river in Temsamane.
The AitOuriaghel or Ait Waryaghar (Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵡⴰⵔⵢⴰⵖⴻⵔ) is one of the biggest Riffian tribes of the Rif region of the north-eastern part of Morocco and...
fought together with tribes such as AitOuriaghel led by the Riffian resistance fighter Abd el-Krim and tribes such as Ait Oulichek to fight against the Spanish...
Chaib el Hajam) is a Moroccan author, artist and storyteller of the AitOuriaghel tribe in the Rif region. Mrabet, mostly known in the West through his...
Hoceima, following the standard French spelling. The Berber tribe of the AitOuriaghel (also "Beni Urriaguel") dominated the area around Al Hoceima, where...
Mohammed Sellam Amezian was born in 1925 in Beni Boukhlef, within the AitOuriaghel tribe in the Rif region in northern Morocco. He studied at the University...
el-Krim (d.1963). The town lies in the territory of the Ait Waryagher tribe. Aith Ouriaghel City Of Alhoceima Website (English) 35°12′00″N 3°55′01″W...
Mohamed Mrabet, Moroccan-born author artist and storyteller of the AitOuriaghel tribe in the Rif region Zaida Ben-Yusuf, English-born Algerian-American...
well-known Riffian family from Bni Bouayach. Her family came from the AitOuriaghel tribe who were driven out of the Rif mountains by the Spanish occupation...
Indigenous Affairs in Melilla and one of the leaders of the tribe of the Aith Ouriaghel. On 15 January 1921 the Spanish forces under Silvestre occupied the small...
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