Beni Sidel
Beni Sidel
Ayt Sidel | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Beni Sidel Location within Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 35°8′21″N 3°7′41″W / 35.13917°N 3.12806°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Oriental |
| Province | Nador |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Beni Sidel is a village and tribal group in the Rif mountain range in northern Morocco. It is situated east of the city of Nador, the provincial capital. The tribal group encompasses Bni Sidel Jbel and Bni Sidel Louta.
History and society
Beni Sidel is part of the area and Riffian tribal confederation known as the Guelaya. Historically, it was known as Al-Ga'da[1] or Ahl al Ga'da.[2]
The tribe had in the 1880 the following groups as subdivisions:[3]
- Beni Daguel
- Ahl el Tlet
- Addouicia
- Beni Feklan
- Oulad Iacine
- Djouaoua
- Oulad R’anen
- El Atianen
- El Roudia
- Oulad Amar ou Aïssa
Notable people
- Ahmed Aboutaleb, Dutch-Moroccan politician, former mayor of Rotterdam[4]
- Youssef Mokhtari, Moroccan footballer[5]
- Mohamed El Jerroudi, Poet end Writer
- Najat El Hachmi, Philologist and Writer (Nadal Novel Award, Ramon LLull Novel Award, Sant Joan Narrative Award)
References
- ↑ Al Figuigui, H. (1999). "Guelaya ou Qelaya". Encyclopédie berbère. 21: 3224–3229. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.1805.
- ↑ H.-M.-P. de La Martinière; N. Lacroix (1894), Gouvernement général de l'Algérie, Service des affaires indigènes (ed.), Documents pour servir à l'étude du Nord-Ouest Africain (Régions de la frontière limitrophe algérienne. Le Rif – Les Djebala), vol. Tome I, Algier, retrieved 1 September 2026
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ H.-M.-P. de La Martinière; N. Lacroix (1894), Gouvernement général de l'Algérie, Service des affaires indigènes (ed.), Documents pour servir à l'étude du Nord-Ouest Africain (Régions de la frontière limitrophe algérienne. Le Rif – Les Djebala), vol. Tome I, Algier, retrieved 1 September 2026
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Rotterdam's Moroccan mayor: Ahmed Aboutaleb". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Youssef Mokhtari". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.