French encroachment on Morocco began in 1907, with the military occupation of the towns of Casablanca and Oujda, following the assassination of some French nationals in Moroccan cities during disorders marked by xenophobic violence.
In fact, the National School of Applied Sciences Oujda place in a region that encourages ambitious investment and today has known major projects such as the "Technopole" of Oujda, the thermal power plant of Ain Bni Mathar and tourism in Saïdia, projects that graduates of this great school surely participate.
In Oujda, near the Algerian border, Algerian Sign Language is used, or at least the local sign language has been strongly influenced by it.
There are also speakers of Riffian in Morocco outside the Rif, among significant communities in Tangiers, Tetouan, Oujda, Larache and Fes.
In March 2013, Hassan Serghouchni, an old Moroccan political prisoner in the 1980s residing in Oujda, sent a letter to the Sahrawi Republic embassy in Algiers asking for the concession of the Sahrawi nationality, being the first Moroccan to demand it.
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The gasba or tamja is a musical style based on wind instrument, widespread in Tunisia, Algeria (among Chawis of north-east Algeria and Oran in the northwest), and in Morocco, (In the eastern Rif, Berkane, Oujda, Beni Mathar and Bouarfa).
Some of his songs have appeared on various compilations including Raï n'Funk (2006 compilation EMI Music France), on Coupé Décalé Mania, DJ Youcef's Raï A L'ancienne/Raï Nouvelle Génération, on Oran Oujda: Raï express, Arabianight 4 and on Urban raï and Urban raï Volume 2 (a Beur FM release).
Nathalie Delon (born Francine Canovas on August 1, 1941, Oujda, French Morocco), is a French model and actress, former wife of Alain Delon and mother of Anthony Delon.
The children of the Idrisid dynasty lives mainly in the North of Morocco: Casablanca, Fès, Ouazzane, Tanger, Taza, Rabat, Salé, Oujda, Meknès, Tétouan, Chefchaouen and Moulay Idriss Zerhoun.