Maghrebis in France
Maghrebis in France or French Maghrebis are immigrants from Maghreb countries (mainly Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) in France. The term may also refer to French-born persons who have Maghrebi parents or who have Maghrebi ancestral background. The term includes all ethnicities from the Maghreb living in France (Arabs and Berbers).
Migration history[edit]
During Al-Andalus, Maghrebis were known by some Europeans as Moors.[1] Those of them who speak Arabic are considered western Arabs in contrast to the eastern Arabs which are mostly in the Middle East.
Population and distribution[edit]
Maghrebis make up the largest non-European ethnic group in France. Estimates range between 4 million and 6 million people, depending on the number of generations of immigrant descendants included in the estimations, with part or full Maghrebi ancestry in France forming about 6-9% of France's total population. Out of this group, Berbers, who generally call themselves Amazigh and not Maghrebis, are estimated to number around 2 million people.[2][3]
According to the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), 16% of newborns in France (about 130,000 newborns per year) between 2006 and 2008 have at least one Maghrebi grandparent.[4]
Maghrebis have settled mainly in the industrial regions in France, especially in the Paris region but also in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Languedoc-Roussillon, Alsace, Rhône-Alpes and Corsica.
Paris[edit]
The Paris metropolitan area has a large Maghrebian population. As of 2008, 18.1% of the population of the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis was Maghrebian.[5]
Notable people[edit]
Many famous French people like Edith Piaf,[6] Isabelle Adjani, Arnaud Montebourg, Alain Bashung, Dany Boon, Zinedine Zidane, Jacques Villeret, Daniel Prévost and Maïwenn have full or partial Maghrebi ancestry.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Moors were simply Maghrebis, inhabitants of the maghreb, the western part of the Islamic world, that extends from Spain to Tunisia, and represents a homogeneous cultural entity", Titus Burckhardt, "Moorish culture in Spain". Suhail Academy. 1997, p.7
- ↑ Yazid Sabeg et Laurence Méhaignerie, Les oubliés de l'égalité des chances, Institut Montaigne, 2004
- ↑ Pour une histoire sociale du berbère en France, Salem Shaker, Inalco, 2004
- ↑ Les immigrés, les descendants d'immigrés et leurs enfants, Pascale Breuil-Genier, Catherine Borrel, Bertrand Lhommeau, Insee 2011
- ↑ Maxwell, Rahsaan Daniel. Tensions and Tradeoffs: Ethnic Minority Migrant Integration in Britain and France. ProQuest, 2008. p. 197. ISBN 0549874585 Search this book on
., 9780549874584.
- ↑ Carolyn Burke. No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011, p.5
Bibliography[edit]
- Maghrébins de France : De 1960 à nos jours, la naissance d'une communauté, Privat, 2004
- Louis Chevalier: Le problème démographique nord-africain (1947), Presses universitaires de France, 1947
- Charles-Robert Ageron: L'immigration maghrébine en France: un survol historique (1985), Vingtième Siècle, Revue d'Histoire, No. 7, July–September, pp. 59–70
- Yamina Benguigui: Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin (1997). 160 min - Documentary - 4 February 1998 (France).
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