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Berbers In The Netherlands
Berbers in the Netherlands () are people of Berber descent living in the Netherlands. Berbers in the Netherlands are estimated to number 367,455 people and are mainly of Riffian-Berber descent. Notable people * Oussama Assaidi * Abdelkader Benali * Khalid Boulahrouz * Ali Elkhattabi * Ahmed Aboutaleb * Ismaïl Aissati * Mounir El Hamdaoui * Rajae El Mouhandiz * Mohammed Bouyeri * Mohammed Benzakour * Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui * Zakaria Labyad See also * Berbers * Berbers in Belgium * Moroccans in the Netherlands * Moroccan diaspora The Moroccan diaspora (), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated 3 million Moroccans live abroad, with the majority of the diaspora being located in Western Europe, especially Franc ... References {{Berber diaspora Ethnic groups in the Netherlands Muslim communities in Europe ...
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Randstad
The Randstad (; "Rim City" or "Edge City") is a roughly crescent- or Circular arc, arc-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands, that includes almost half the country's population. With a central-western location, it connects and comprises the Netherlands' four biggest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht), their suburbs, and many towns in between, that all grew and merged into each other. Among other things, it includes the Port of Rotterdam (the world's busiest seaport outside Asia), the Port of Amsterdam (Europe's fourth-busiest seaport), and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. With a population of approximately 8.4 million people it is one of the largest metropolitan area, metropolitan regions in Europe, comparable in population size to the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region or the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers an area of approximately . The Randstad had a gross regional domestic product of €510 billion in 2022, making it the second most productive region in the Europ ...
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Ismaïl Aissati
Ismaïl Aissati (born 16 August 1988) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Utrecht to Moroccan parents, Aissati was eligible to represent either nation. He represented the Netherlands at U21 level, before opting to represent Morocco in 2007 instead. His first call-up for the Moroccan national team came in 2009. Sidelined by an injury however, his debut for Morocco was not until 9 October 2011. He also played on loan for FC Twente during the second half of the 2006–07 season, and Vitesse during the 2010–11 season, the year Ajax would clinch their 30th league title. At the 2006 UEFA Under-21 Football Championship, Aissati reached the tournament all star squad, mostly playing against opponents three or four years older, Aissati himself being 17. Club career PSV Born in Utrecht to Moroccan parents, Aissati started playing football at a young age by joining DSO Utrecht and USV Elinkwijk before joining PSV Eindhoven in 2000 when he w ...
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Ethnic Groups In The Netherlands
Demographic features of the population of the Netherlands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population The Netherlands is the 69th most populous country in the world. As of January 2023, the Netherlands has a population of 17,821,419. Between 1900 and 1950 the population almost doubled from 5.14 to 10.11 million people. From 1950 to 2000 the population increased from 10.11 to 15.92 million people, increasing by a smaller proportion but, still, at an impressive pace for a European country, recording a growth of 57.45% over a 50-year time span. Of countries with at least 7.5 million people, The Netherlands is the 4th most densely populated, and is the 33rd most densely populated in the world overall. It is the 5th most densely populated country in Europe; the first four are microstates. The 17,821,419 million Dutch inhabitants are concentrated on an a ...
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Berbers In The Netherlands
Berbers in the Netherlands () are people of Berber descent living in the Netherlands. Berbers in the Netherlands are estimated to number 367,455 people and are mainly of Riffian-Berber descent. Notable people * Oussama Assaidi * Abdelkader Benali * Khalid Boulahrouz * Ali Elkhattabi * Ahmed Aboutaleb * Ismaïl Aissati * Mounir El Hamdaoui * Rajae El Mouhandiz * Mohammed Bouyeri * Mohammed Benzakour * Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui * Zakaria Labyad See also * Berbers * Berbers in Belgium * Moroccans in the Netherlands * Moroccan diaspora The Moroccan diaspora (), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated 3 million Moroccans live abroad, with the majority of the diaspora being located in Western Europe, especially Franc ... References {{Berber diaspora Ethnic groups in the Netherlands Muslim communities in Europe ...
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Moroccan Diaspora
The Moroccan diaspora (), part of the wider Arab diaspora, consists of emigrants from Morocco and their descendants. An estimated 3 million Moroccans live abroad, with the majority of the diaspora being located in Western Europe, especially France and Spain. Western Europe Moroccans are one of the largest migrant populations in Western Europe, with the Moroccan diaspora community living in Moroccans in France, France estimated at 1,146,000, Moroccans in Spain, Spain 766,000, Moroccans in Italy, Italy 487,000, Moroccans in the Netherlands, the Netherlands 363,000, Moroccans in Belgium, Belgium 298,000, and Moroccans in Germany, Germany 127,000. Religion The Moroccan diaspora is mainly composed of Sunni Muslims, along with a substantial number of Moroccan Jews especially in Israel. There is also a minority of Shia Muslims as well a Christians, Christian minority, especially in France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. See also * Moroccans * Moroccans in France * Maghrebi c ...
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Moroccans In The Netherlands
Moroccans in the Netherlands (; ), also Moroccan Dutch () or Dutch Moroccans (), are citizens or residents of the Netherlands of Moroccan origin. They consist of immigrants from Morocco and their descendants, and form the second largest ethnic group in the Netherlands. Migration history Moroccans were not much represented in the first major postwar wave of migration to the Netherlands from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s, which consisted mostly of people from the Netherlands' former colonies. However, they began to migrate in larger numbers during the second wave; between 1965 and 1973, one hundred thousand Turks and Moroccans came to the Netherlands, and an additional 170,000 from 1974 to 1986. Earlier arrivals consisted of "guest workers", whose recruitment and admission was governed by a bilateral treaty signed in 1969. From the 1970s, the number arriving under family reunification schemes became more significant. Around half originated from the mountainous Rif region. Accor ...
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Berbers In Belgium
Berbers in Belgium are people of Berber descent living in Belgium. Berbers in Belgium are estimated to number 500,000 people. Notable people * Lubna Azabal, actress"Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. Belgische actrice Lubna Azabal schittert in ‘Incendies’."
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* Lens Annab, professional football * Zakaria Bakkali, professional footballer *

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Berbers
Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also known as Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arab migrations to the Maghreb, Arabs in the Maghreb. Their main connections are identified by their usage of Berber languages, most of them mutually unintelligible, which are part of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. They are indigenous peoples, indigenous to the Maghreb region of North Africa, where they live in scattered communities across parts of Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and to a lesser extent Tunisia, Mauritania, northern Mali and northern Niger. Smaller Berber communities are also found in Burkina Faso and Egypt's Siwa Oasis. Descended from Stone Age tribes of North Africa, accounts of the Imazighen were first mentioned in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Ancient Egyptian writings. From about 2000 BC, Berber languages spread westward from the Nile, Nile Valley across the northern Sahara int ...
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Zakaria Labyad
Zakaria Labyad ( Riffian-Berber: ⵣⴰⵎⴰⵔⵉⵢⴰ ⵍⴱⵢⴰⴷ; born 9 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Chinese Super League club Dalian Yingbo. Born in the Netherlands, he represented that nation at under-17 level before switching his allegiance to Morocco and playing for them at under-23 level. Club career PSV Born in Utrecht, Labyad came through the youth program of PSV. In January 2009, he extended his contract with PSV until the summer of 2012. Before joining PSV, Labyad played for USV Elinkwijk. Labyad made his debut in the senior team on 25 February 2010 in a UEFA Europa League home match against Hamburger SV, coming on as a substitute for Otman Bakkal in the 71st minute. Three days later, Labyad also made his debut in the Eredivisie, coming on as a substitute for Balázs Dzsudzsák in a match against RKC Waalwijk. On 18 April 2010, Labyad made his first appearance in the starting line-up in a home ...
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Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui
Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui (pronunciation: æbdɛlˈmælɪk ʔɛlˈħæsnawi born 9 February 1994) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for AGB. Club career Born in Amsterdam, El Hasnaoui joined the Ajax Academy in 2002. He began his early career as an attacking midfielder but also frequently played as a winger. In the 2011–12 season, El Hasnaoui helped his Ajax A1 youth team win the Nike Eredivisie league title as well as finish runners-up to Inter Milan in the NextGen Series after losing on penalties (5–3) following a 1–1 deadlock after extra time. El Hasnaoui signed his first professional contract on 31 May 2012, in a two-year deal binding him to the club until 30 June 2014. He played for Jong Ajax in the 2012–13 Beloften Eredivisie season. Jong Ajax were promoted to the Eerste Divisie for the 2013–14 season and El Hasnaoui made his professional debut in a 2–1 league win over Jong Twente on 30 August 2013. On 2 September 2019 it was confirmed, that ...
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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, Netherlands, where his father worked. He graduated from high school at vwo level and studied sociology at Leiden University and later political science and moved to Rotterdam to finish his master. Meanwhile, he joined the Labour Party. He started his journalism career working for ''De Volkskrant'' and also published in ''NRC Handelsblad'', ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' and ''Vrij Nederland ''Vrij Nederland'' (Free Netherlands) is a Dutch magazine, established during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II as an underground newspaper. It has since grown into a magazine. The originally weekly turned monthly magazin ...''. He received the ASN Media Prize in 1999 and the Silver Zebra in 2001 for insights in a 'society in motion'. H ...
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Mohammed Bouyeri
Mohammed Bouyeri ( ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch citizen serving a life sentence without parole at the Nieuw Vosseveld prison for the 2004 murder of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. A member of the Hofstad Network, he was incarcerated in 2004 and sentenced in 2005. Early life Bouyeri was born 8 March 1978 in Amsterdam-Oost, the Netherlands, a second-generation Moroccan-Dutchman of Berber origin. At the age of 7, he moved to Slotervaart/ Overtoomse Veld. He was considered to be a promising student; completed his higher secondary education at the Mondriaan Lyceum. He was a havo student, while many Moroccan youth in the Netherlands would only advance to lower vmbo education, including most of Bouyeri's class. A former teacher later described him as "timid and observant", determined to get his diploma. He was one of a few local Moroccan boys who got on well with the local police, who otherwise had very negative contact with the Muslim community. In 1994, a l ...
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