Berbers in the Netherlands are people of
Berber descent living in the
Netherlands
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. Berbers in the Netherlands are estimated to number 367,455 people and are mainly of Riffian-Berber descent.
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Notable people
* Oussama Assaidi
*Abdelkader Benali
Abdelkader Benali ( ar, عبد القادر بنعلي; born 25 November 1975 in Ighazzazen, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist.
When he was four years old, he and his family, of Berber background, migrated to The Netherlands and ...
*Khalid Boulahrouz
Khalid Boulahrouz (born 28 December 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. His nickname is "The Cannibal" for his ability to "eat up" the opposition. He was noted for his tackling and versatility at the back.
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* Ali Elkhattabi
* Ahmed Aboutaleb
* Ismaïl Aissati
*Mounir El Hamdaoui
Mounir El Hamdaoui ( ar, منير الحمداوي; born 14 July 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco internationally.
He played for clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, ...
* Rajae El Mouhandiz
*Mohammed Bouyeri
Mohammed Bouyeri ( ar, محمد بويري ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch convicted terrorist serving a life sentence without parole in the prison of Nieuw Vosseveld (Vught) for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. A ...
*Mohammed Benzakour
Mohammed Benzakour (born 10 January 1972 in Nador, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Dutch columnist, essayist, poet, writer and politician. He is the third child in a family of five. At age three, he and mother and siblings settle in Zwijndrecht, Netherland ...
* Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui
*Zakaria Labyad
Zakaria Labyad ( Riffian-Berber: ⵣⴰⵎⴰⵔⵉⵢⴰ ⵍⴱⵢⴰⴷ; born 9 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in the Netherlands, he represented that nation at under-17 level before switc ...
See also
* Berbers
* Berbers in Belgium
*Moroccan-Dutch
Moroccans in the Netherlands (, , also known as Dutch-Moroccans or Moroccan-Dutch) are immigrants from Morocco to the Netherlands and their descendants.
Migration history
Moroccans were not much represented in the first major postwar wave of mi ...
*Moroccan diaspora
The Moroccan diaspora (), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated five million Moroccans live abroad, with the majority of the diaspora being located in Europe, and especially France ...
References
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Ethnic groups in the Netherlands
Muslim communities in Europe