The Maghreb ( al-Marib al-Arab; also rendered Maghrib (or rarely Moghreb),

meaning "place of set" or "western" in Arabic, is the region of Africa north of the Sahara Desert
and west of the Nile specifically, coinciding with the Atlas o!ntains" #eopolitically, the area is
rec$oned to incl!de %estern Sahara, orocco, Algeria, T!nisia, &ibya, and sometimes a!ritania
(which is often placed in %est Africa instead) p!t more simply, the member states of the Arab
aghreb 'nion pl!s the %estern Sahara" An inhabitant or thing of the aghreb is called a
Maghrebian or Maghrebi"