A brief glimpse into the past

Team, Place & City Details

Ghizlane Samir

Ghizlane Samir is a French inline speed skater. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and moved to Paris, France, at the age of 16, where she started skating.

Ghizlane Toudali

Ghizlane Toudali is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. Toudali qualified for the women's 49 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya.

Rhizlane Siba

Rhizlane Siba is a Moroccan track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. She has been African champion at youth, junior and senior level, winning the main continental title at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics.

Zaouia Moulay Idriss II
Zaouia Moulay Idriss II

The Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II is a zaouia in Fez, Morocco. It is dedicated to and contains the tomb of Idris II (or Moulay Idris II when including his sharifian title), who ruled Morocco from 807 to 828 and is considered the main founder of the city of Fes and of the first Moroccan Islamic state.

Zaouiat Cheikh

Zaouiat Cheikh is a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 22,728.

Zaouia El Abidia
Zaouia El Abidia

Zaouia El Abidia is a town and commune in Touggourt District, Ouargla Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 19,993, up from 15,381 in 1998, and has an annual population growth rate of 2.7%.

Zaouiat Sidi Ben Hamdoun
Zaouiat Sidi Ben Hamdoun

Zaouiat Sidi Ben Hamdoun is a small town and rural commune in Berrechid Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. In the 2014 Moroccan census the commune recorded a population of 9521 people living in 1836 households.

Zaouiat Saiss
Zaouiat Saiss

Zaouiat Saiss is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 9519 people living in 1526 households.

Zaouia el Kbira
Zaouia el Kbira

Zaouia el Kbira is a village in the commune of Kerzaz, in Béchar Province, Algeria. It lies on the Oued Saoura between Béni Ikhlef and Kerzaz.

Zaouia Foukania
Zaouia Foukania

Zaouia Foukania is a village and zaouia in the commune of Taghit, in Taghit District, Béchar Province, Algeria. It is located 3 kilometres northwest of Taghit.

Zaouia Sidi Moussa
Zaouia Sidi Moussa

Zaouia Sidi Moussa is a village, and religious center, in the commune of Bordj Omar Driss, in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, Algeria.

Zaouia of Dila

The Zaouia of Dila was a Sufi brotherhood, centred in the Middle Atlas range of Morocco. It was founded by Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad , a follower of the famous mystic Muhammad al-Jazuli.

Zawiya (institution)

A zaouia or zawiya is an Islamic religious school or monastery. The term is Maghrebi and West African, roughly corresponding to the Eastern term madrasa.