Maghrebi script
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Maghrebi script or Maghribi script or Maghrebi Arabic script refers to a loosely related family of Arabic scripts that developed in the Maghreb, al-Andalus, and Bilad as-Sudan. Maghrebi script is dire
Maghrebi script from a 13th-century Qur'an in North Africa
Iraqi Kufic script, as seen on this Idrisid dirham, influenced the early development of Maghrebi script.
An Almoravid dinar minted under Ali ibn Yusuf in Seville featuring Almoravid Kufic script.
Different scripts at the Alhambra built in the Emirate of Granada. The exodus of Muslims from Iberia influenced the development of scripts in North Africa.
Maghreb
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The Maghreb, also known as the Greater Maghreb and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania,
Maghreb head ornament (Morocco)
Roman trireme on a mosaic in the Bardo Museum, Tunisia
Theater in the Roman town of Cuicul in Djemila
The Great Mosque of Kairouan, founded by the Arab general Uqba Ibn Nafi (in 670), is the oldest mosque in the Maghreb city of Kairouan, Tunisia.