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GLOSSARY
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Horm—Prohibition to enter

Insh Allah—If God wills

Isawa—The followers of the Prophet Jesus

Jellaba—A mantle with a cowl

Jmel—A camel

Kafla—A Caravan

Kahina—A prophetess

Kaldoun—An Arab dentist

Kasba—A fortress or fortified tribal enclosure

Kfen—A man's shirt

Kiblah—The direction toward Mecca

Kisaria—The market-place

Kumia—A poignard

Kouskous—A national dish of wheat gruel cooked with meat or fat

Ksur—A village

Kubba—A chapel with a tomb

Lalla—A lady; a saint

Madih—Religious poetry

Maghreb—West; a name for Morocco

Marabout—A sorcerer or prophet revered as a saint

Medersa—A higher theological school

Medina—The Arab quarter of the town

Mellah—The Jewish part of the town

Meskin—A beggar

Meshwi—A sheep roasted on a spit

Minbar—A Moslem curate

Mokkhadem—The chief of a religious fraternity

Muderres—A scholar; a professor

Muezzin—A priest of a lower grade

Mullah—A priest