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dr_hooo
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That doesn't include Egypt though, does it?
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ch4s3
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No, from wikipedia the Maghreb is "usually defined as much or most of the region of western North Africa or Northwest Africa, west of Egypt."
Piskvorrr
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For hysterical raisins only: Maghreb were French colonies at the time when this name took hold, whereas Egypt was British.
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