The Ouled Djerir ( ar, أولاد جرير) are a small
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
tribe of the
Bechar area in southwestern
Algeria
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. Their close alliance with the neighbouring
Doui-Menia has led them to be counted as the "sixth fifth" of that tribe. Their economy was traditionally based on camel-herding along with a little agriculture.
[Ross E. Dunn, ''Resistance in the desert: Moroccan responses to French imperialism 1881-1912''. Taylor & Francis 1977, p. 39.]
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{{Ethnic groups in Algeria
Arab tribes in Algeria