Maghreb: The Jewel ya North Africa
Pamphepete mwa nyanja ya kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Africa kumadzulo kwa Igupto kuli malo a Maghreb, dera limene anthu a Arabi amaloĊµa m'zaka za m'ma 800. Asanayambe kupanga dziko la masiku ano m'zaka za m'ma 1900, Maghreb adatchulidwa ngati gawo laling'ono pakati pa nyanja ya Mediterranean ndi mapiri a Atlas. Masiku ano, Maghreb ili ndi Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, ndi Mauritania ndipo ili ndi pafupifupi gawo limodzi la anthu padziko lapansi.
Ambiri okhala m'dera la Maghreb amadziona okha Achiarabu, koma palinso anthu ambiri omwe si Aarabu, monga Berbers, omwe amatcha Maghreb kwawo.
Chilankhulo ndi Chikhalidwe mu Maghreb
Chiyankhulo cha chigawo cha Maghreb chiri makamaka Chiarabu. Komabe, pofuna kuthandiza mu bizinesi ndi malonda, mayiko ena amalankhula Chifalansa, Chiitaliya, ndi Chingerezi. Monga Maghreb ali kutali kwambiri ndi dziko lonse la Africa ndi mapiri a Atlas ndi chipululu cha Sahara, anthu omwe akhala kumadera akumpoto a derali ali ndi mbiri ya ubale wamalonda ndi chikhalidwe ndi mayiko a Mediterranean kuphatikizapo kumwera Europe ndi Western Asia. Ndipotu, ubale umenewu umabwerera kumbuyo kwa zaka chikwi choyamba BC ndi dziko la Foinike la Carthage. Kenaka m'zaka za m'ma 1800, madera a Maghreb adakonzedwa ndi France, Spain, komanso Italy, zomwe zinkasokoneza chigawochi ndikupitirizabe kukhazikitsa chiyanjano.
Mwachitsanzo, lero anthu oposa mamiliyoni awiri ndi theka akukhala ku Maghrebi amakhala ku France (makamaka kuchokera ku Algeria ndi Morocco) ndipo pali anthu oposa mamiliyoni atatu a ku France omwe amachokera ku Maghrebi.
Lero chipembedzo choyambirira cha Maghreb ndi Muslim, ndipo ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe ali achikhristu kapena achiyuda.
Koma mbiriyakale, derali lakhala ndi mamembala a zikhulupiriro zonsezi, makamaka chifukwa cha maufumu ogonjetsa ndi kutembenuka kumeneku. M'zaka za zana lachiĊµiri, Aroma adasintha chigawochi ku chikhristu. Kulamulira kwa Chikhristu kunathera ndi kuwukira kwa Aarabu komwe kunabweretsa Islam ku Maghreb m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri. Maghreb analiponso panthawi ina Ayuda ambiri otchedwa Maghrebim. Madera achiyuda awa asanatchulepo za kutembenuka kwa derali ku Islam, ndipo anthu angapo achiyuda alipo.
Machitidwe a ndale a maiko a Magheb ndi ofanana. Algeria, Mauritania ndi Tunisia onse ali ndi azidindo, pomwe Morocco ali ndi mfumu. Libya ilibe udindo woyang'anira mtsogoleri wawo. Mu 1989, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, ndi Algeria zinakhazikitsa Maghreb Union yomwe idalimbikitsa kulimbikitsa mgwirizano ndi chuma pakati pa mayiko. Koma mgwirizanowu unali waufupi ndipo tsopano watentha. Kulimbana, makamaka pakati pa Algeria ndi Morocco, kunayambanso ndipo mikanganoyo inalepheretsa kuti zolinga za mgwirizano zikhale bwino.
Chakudya ku Maghreb
Ngakhale mayiko a chigawo cha Maghreb amagawana miyambo yambiri, imodzi mwa zoonekeratu ndi chikhalidwe chawo chodyera.
Pakati pa miyambo imeneyi ndi ntchito ya couscous ngati chakudya chodalirika kusiyana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mpunga woyera, umene umapezeka ndi chikhalidwe chakummawa kwa Arabia. Kuonjezera apo, mayikowa amagwiritsa ntchito taginayi , yomwe ili papepala lophika komanso chophika. Chifukwa cha geography ya dera la Maghreb wakhala, mu mbiriyakale, ikugwirizana kwambiri ndi dziko la Mediterranean. Mafuta ndi zokometsera kuchokera ku Italy ndi Spain zasunthira mu Maghreb cuisine, akudyera pamodzi ndi ndiwo zamasamba, nyama ndi nsomba za m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ngakhale kuti dera likugawana miyambo imeneyi, dziko lirilonse liribe kukoma kwake ndi kachitidwe kameneka.