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5 unusual facts about Rif


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The first album titled Radja (King), released in 1997.

Abies numidica

It is closely related to Abies pinsapo (Spanish Fir), which occurs further west in the Rif mountains of Morocco and in southern Spain.

Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi

He was born as al-Yazid Bujrafi in Bani Shikar, in the Rif region of North-East Morocco, in 1925.

Nationalist Party of the Rif of Melilla

Nationalist Party of the Rif of Melilla (in Spanish: Partido Nacionalista del Rif de Melilla) is a political party in Melilla, Spain.

Ten Tall Men

After capturing an important Rif prisoner in an undercover operation, Sergeant Mike Kincaid is imprisoned himself after striking a Lieutenant (Stephan Bekassy) who beats a French woman (Mari Blanchard) with his riding crop after she prefers Kincaid's company to his.


Arbin

Arbin, Syria, a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate(*) in southern Syria

Atlas Cedar

Cedrus atlantica, the Atlas Cedar, is a cedar native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria (Tell Atlas, Saharan Atlas) and Morocco (in the Rif and Middle Atlas, and locally in the High Atlas).

Canada Savings Bond

Canada RIF no-fee Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) designed specifically for holding the Canada Premium and Canada Savings Bond directly in a RRIF.

Gasba music

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).

Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb

Also in Anima: Age of the Robots, there is a minor character called Rif, also an orange-colored fox.

Kingdom of Nekor

This kingdom comprised part of the Moroccan Rif and included the tribes of Zouagha and Djeraoua of Ibn Abī l-ʻAys, about five days' journey from Nekor, bordering on the territory of the Matmata, Kebdana, Mernissa, Ghassasa of Mt. Herek and Quluʻ Jarra belonging to the Banū Urtendi.

Port of Málaga

When the kingdom passed into Catholic control in 1487 the port assumed a strategic importance as an embarkation point for Spanish soldiers in the conquest of the Rif, Melilla, Peñon de Velez and Oran, and was renamed the Port of Málaga.

Qarah

Qarah, Syria, a town in the Qalamoun District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate of Syria

Refsnes Gods

"Refsnes" stems from the Norwegian word "rif" (English: reef) due to a reef in the Oslofjord just outside the mansion.

Riffian people

There are also speakers of Riffian in Morocco outside the Rif, among significant communities in Tangiers, Tetouan, Oujda, Larache and Fes.

Senhaja language

The language of the Senhaja de Srair ('Senhaja of Srair'), also Senhaya or Zenaga, is a Northern Berber language spoken in the southern part of the Moroccan Rif (between Taounate and Targuist).


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