Instead, the concept of Moors has been used to describe alternatively ... the ancient Roman province of Mauretania in what is now North Africa. Over time, it was increasingly applied to Muslims ...

To investigate the male genetic legacy of the Arab rule in southern Europe during medieval times, we focused on specific Northwest African haplogroups and identified evolutionary close STR-defined ...

“The word moro can be disrespectful towards people from North Africa or Morocco but this is not the case in the fiesta of Moors and Christians,” he said. After the 2015 attack on the offices ...

The Moors were Muslims who invaded Spain and part of France in 711 AD, in the very early days of Islam. This force of Berbers from North Africa and Syrians from Damascus created an exquisite ...