Sean Sheehan took a trip off the well-worn tourist trail in the north African country to experience the cultural delights of ...

«This diversity, part of our identity, our history, and a source of pride, is fully represented here. We are Hassanis, ...

Almost a third of the Spanish population have a non-Christian genetic heritage, according to a new study. Nearly 20 per cent of the present population of the Iberian peninsula has Sephardic Jewish ...

Most Jewish Berbers from the Atlas Mountains left Morocco in the 1950s and '60s, but a few villages remain, although they're unpopulated. One is Anraz, a photogenic ghost town of abandoned clay ...

There are Lebanese, Egyptian, and Sephardic Jewish dishes. As at many barbecues, the pickles, sides and vegetables are often more interesting than the meat.

Enrico Macias, whose family name is Gaston GHRENASSIA, still nourishes at 86 years old the hope of one day seeing again the country where he was born, on December 11, 1938 in Constantine, Algeria, is ...

Just as acronyms serve modern convenience, they also hold a unique place in Jewish history and culture, where many family names actually derive from meaningful acronyms. These surnames serve as more t ...

The Berbers are a tenacious people who have lived in the Maghreb region of North Africa since the beginning of recorded human history — and they’ve fought fiercely to maintain their culture in the ...

The independence of Morocco, Tunisia and now Algeria—joyful news to Moslems—has for Jews signaled another vast and melancholy exodus like so many other uprootings since Moses. A decade ...

We have studied haemoglobin (Hb) variants and blood groups (ABO, RH, and Kell) in 598 children from the Berber population of the Mzab. Hb D-Ouled Rabah, considered as a private marker of the Kel ...

Gad Elmaleh is a famous comedian and actor of Moroccan origin, who became known for his talent for humor and his unique style on stage. Born on April 19, 1971 in Casablanca, Morocco, he grew up in a ...