North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal. Varying sources limit it to the countries of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, a region that was known by the French during colonial times as "Afrique du Nord" and is known by Arabs as the Maghreb ("West", The western part of Arab World).The United Nations definition includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and the …
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GPO: United States Government Publishing Office · 2016
"June 2016." Includes bibliographical references (page 4). Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USIP, viewed January 29, 2021).
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During the holy month of Ramadan when Moslems fast during the day, the city is brightly lighted at night with lights and colorful lanterns. The famous Mosque of Al-Azhar, built …
