(n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.
Example Sentences:
(1) The gene frequencies obtained among the Berbers are different from the the values observed among the other Tunisians.
(2) The combined data, considered in the light of sociological, historical and paleontological data, support the hypothesis that the Berbers are native to North Africa and their ancestors, the first modern man (Homo sapiens) of North Africa, were the founders of the European populations.
(3) The Kelts may have a similar origin but they might include the Berbers of ancient Iberia as a third component.
(4) Likewise, other comparisons are made with populations from Africa, Europe and Asia, since Tunisians are a mixture of Berbers, invaders and immigrants from different origins.
(5) A t the end of the long day's walk under the searing Moroccan sun, across endless expanses of sand, the Berbers slowed their camel and stopped.
(6) Essebsi has dismissed the word “taghaoul” (power grab) that the Marzouki camp has deployed, evoking the ogre (“ghoul”) of north African Berber and Arab legend.
(7) But they failed to take account of the most essential consideration: the nature of the Arab-Berber world.
(8) The deficient subjects originated from multiple geographic regions of Northern Algeria, with prevalence of individuals of Berber-Kabyle origin.
(9) The front lines – in the east, around Misrata and in the Berber-populated mountains south of Tripoli – ripple like the edges of a carpet under which dogs are fighting.
(10) DNA polymorphisms in the human immunoglobulin gamma (gamma) region have been studied in random Arabo-Berber Tunisians and in a large Tunisian Berber kindred.
(11) It was then the intention to get off the tourist tracks and to experience life among the Berber tribes, and to trek part of the high Atlas range.
(12) After the final dinner, we gathered around a campfire to listen to drumming and singing by professional Berber musicians.
(13) The 33-year-old law graduate, who asked to be known simply as “Hajj” – an honorific generally used by people who have completed the pilgrimage to Mecca – said the EU would be better off investing in local infrastructure for the long-marginalised Amazigh minority , the Berber tribe whose members run the smuggling networks in Zuwara.
(14) This was the joy of the week I spent on a new "nomadic beach retreat", walking a stretch of coastline between Essaouira and Agadir with a tribe of Tuareg Berbers.
(15) Despite the presence of some African admixture, the gene pool of the Berbers from Tunisia shows large homologies with Middle Eastern groups rather than similarities with North African populations.
(16) Blood samples from 120 Tunisian Berbers of Gallala village were typed for Gm and Km immunoglobulin allotypes, alpha-1-antitrypsin variants and AB0 blood groups.
(17) But then came a wave of local Berber rebellions, and the rise of a regional al-Qaida franchise .
(18) The data collected show that the actual Berber community is genetically heterogeneous.
(19) Others listed on the official line up include Seun Kuti (youngest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti) with Egypt 80, and Toumani and Sidiki Diabat, who will play on the Pyramid on Sunday and Tinariwen , a group of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali.
(20) The polymorphism of serum proteins (Hp, Tf, Gc, C3 and BF) was determined on 210 samples belonging to Berber groups living in three regions of Tunisian.
Morocco
Definition:
(n.) A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.
Example Sentences:
(1) They had allegedly agreed that Younous would not be charged with any crime upon his arrival there and that he would not be detained in Morocco for longer than 72 hours.
(2) The distribution and meaning of the three antigenic specificities (HBe Ag 1, 2, 3) of hepatitis B HBe system and corresponding antibodies (HBe Ab 1, 2, 3) were studied in Casablanca, Morocco, in two groups of HBs Ag carriers: patients with acute or chronic hepatitis and asymptomatic carriers (controls).
(3) Others say they were tortured in places such as Egypt, Dubai, Morocco and Syria, while being interrogated on the basis of information that could only have been supplied by the UK.
(4) The fact is that torture is employed routinely across the region – the reason why the CIA used facilities in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Algeria – their names all redacted from the Senate document.
(5) Even if high voltage cables between North Africa and Italy would be built or the existing cable between Morocco and Spain would be used, the infrastructure of the transfer countries such as Italy and Spain or Greece or Turkey also needs a major re-structuring, according to Jaeger-Waldau.
(6) He went on to publish several short-story collections, including A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard, set in Morocco and with an underlying theme of kif smoking.
(7) This study demonstrated that Astragalus lusitanicus found in Morocco is toxic to sheep.
(8) These originated in the Bou Denib oases in Morocco, and have a fine flavour and seductively smooth texture.
(9) Rajab, no fan of monarchies, says Jordan and Morocco have done better than his own country in responding to popular demands for change.
(10) The purpose of this study was to determine the periodontal status and treatment needs, using the CPITN index, in a population aged 7 to 60 years residing in the fluorosis area of Khouribga and the non-fluorosis area of Beni-Mellal, Morocco.
(11) Filmed in Morocco and Wales, it will feature a young character, Jason, who finds himself in the lost city of Atlantis and is written by Howard Overman, who created E4's Misfits.
(12) Cafferkey flew back to the UK via Casablanca in Morocco.
(13) In Morocco, there are huge re-creations of ancient Rome and Greece, plus a fake Mecca.
(14) Paul Mason writes about illegal immigration into Spain – based on a report he presented for BBC Newsnight – under the headline: "The EU is ignoring the human rights abuses behind Morocco's razor wire" (2 September).
(15) The last desert locust swarm came in 2003-05 when up to 80% of the harvest in Mauritania was eaten, and vast numbers arrived in regions as far apart as Darfur and Morocco.
(16) He said other countries with such practices included the US, Canada, Britain, France, New Zealand, Slovakia, Morocco, Russia, Somalia and India.
(17) The purpose of this report of two cases of pelvic hydatid disease is to recall the aetiology and pathogenesis of this endemic condition in Morocco.
(18) The Guardian view on the crisis in Yemen: resolve it now | Editorial Read more On Monday, a senior Pakistani government official said his country would be sending troops to Saudi Arabia as part of the coalition, which also includes Egypt, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Sudan and Morocco.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Brussels terror attacks: how events unfolded – video explainer The other key suspect in the Brussels airport bombing, Najim Laachraoui, 24, grew up in Schaerbeck after his family arrived from Morocco when he was a child.
(20) All patients with a membranous web were relatively young (mean age 29 years) and were born in Morocco.