Bouja'd (

Moroccan Arabic Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi ...

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Tamazight The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber communi ...

: pronunciation: ''Bjaɛd'') is a small city in

Khouribga Province Khouribga (in خريبكة ) is a province of Morocco in the region of Béni Mellal-Khénifra. It has a population of 499,144 people, with a majority from Arab root The major cities and towns are# Bejaad # Boujniba # Boulanouare # Hattane # Khouri ...

Béni Mellal-Khénifra Béni Mellal-Khénifra ( ar, بني ملال - خنيفرة, banī mallāl - ḵunayfira; ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ - ⵅⵏⵉⴼⵕⴰ, ayt mllal - xnifṛa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 28,374 km2 a ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. Postal Code : 25060. The city is a suffi spiritual town between the Arabized zone of steps and Berber speaking erea of the Atlas mountains, it's also famous with the large Jewish community

Notable people

Famous people originated from Boujad include Moroccan politicians Mohamed Cherkaoui,

Habib El Malki Habib El Malki ( ar, لحبيب المالكي – born 15 April 1946, Boujad) is a Moroccan politician of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party. He was Minister of Education in the cabinet of Driss Jettou (2002–2007) and Ministe ...

Taieb Cherkaoui Taieb Cherkaoui (also Taib Cherkaoui - born 1949) was the Minister of Interior of Morocco between 2010 and 2012. He was appointed to the post in January 2010, succeeding Chakib Benmoussa Chakib Benmoussa ( ar, شكيب بن موسى) (born 1958 ...

and

Lahcen Haddad Lahcen Haddad ( ar, لحسن حداد - born 16 March 1960, Boujad) is a former Moroccan politician of the Popular Movement. From 3 January 2012, he held the position of Minister of Tourism in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Currently, La ...

. Painter

Ahmed Cherkaoui Ahmed Cherkaoui (2 October 1934 - 17 August 1967) was a Moroccan painter who worked in oil, gouache, and watercolour. Education Born in Boujad, Cherkaoui studied at the École des métiers d'art and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, winning a ...

. Film Maker

Hakim Belabbes Hakim Belabbes ( ar, حكيم بلعباس) (born 1961) is a Moroccan filmmaker. Early life He was born in Bouja'd. His father owned the only movie theatre in the city. He studied American and African literature at Muhammad V University in Ra ...

. Music artist

Salah El Morsli Cherkaoui (, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba with ...

, Chafik Cherqaoui, iplomatNovelist and poet

Idriss Chaarani Idriss may refer to: * Idriss Arnaoud Ali (born 1945), President of the National Assembly of Djibouti * Idriss Carlos Kameni (born 1984), Cameroonian football player * Idriss Déby (1952–2021), President of Chad * Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chadian p ...

. Also Israeli diplomat

Yehuda Lancry Dr Yehuda Lancry ( he, יהודה לנקרי, ; born 25 September 1947) is a Moroccan-born former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations. Born in Boujad in Morocco, Lancry studied at an alliance high school in Casab ...

, former Israeli defense minister

Amir Peretz Amir Peretz ( he, עָמִיר פֶּרֶץ; born on 9 March 1952) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. A Knesset member almost continuously from 1988 to 2021, he has served as Minister of Defen ...

and

Shaul Amor Shaul Amor ( he, שאול עמור, 21 December 1940 – 2 October 2004) was an Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio between January and July 1999. Biography Born in Boujad, Morocco in 1940, Amor made aliyah in 1956. ...

, mayor of

Migdal HaEmek Migdal HaEmek ( he, מִגְדַּל הָעֶמֶק, lit. ''Tower of the Valley'', also officially spelt Migdal HaEmeq, ar, مجدال هعيمق) is a city in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . There is a tower to ...

, a member of the Israeli parliament and Israel's ambassador to Belgium.

References

Populated places in Khouribga Province {{BéniMellalKhénifra-geo-stub