Maârif or El Maârif ( ar, المعاريف, lit=the notables) is a neighborhood of Casablanca, in the Anfa district of the

Casablanca-Settat Casablanca-Settat ( ar, الدار البيضاء - سطات, ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ - siṭṭāt; ber, ⴰⵏⴼⴰ - ⵙⵟⵟⴰⵜ, anfa - sṭṭat) is one of the twelve administrative regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 20,166 km² ...

region of

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 ...

. As of 2004 it had 180,394 inhabitants.

History

In 1949, the Algerian musician Salim Halali settled in Morocco and transformed an old café in Maârif into a prestigious cabaret, , where Warda Al-Jazairia and El-Haja El-Hamdaouia performed. In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators. Parfumerie jura, Maârif, Casablanca

The novelist

Mohamed Zafzaf Mohamed Zafzaf (Arabic: ; 1945 – 13 July 2001) was a prominent Arabic-language novelist and poet in 20th century Morocco. He played a pivotal role in the development of Moroccan literature in the second half of the 20th century and, due to ...

also lived in the neighborhood.

References

Arrondissements of Casablanca Neighbourhoods of Casablanca Morocco geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{CasablancaSettat-geo-stub