Bejaâd

Bejaâd بجعد ⴱⵊⴰⵄⴷ
Bejaâd Location in Morocco Bejaâd Bejaâd (Africa)
Coordinates: 32°46′N 6°24′W
Country	Morocco
Region	Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Province	Khouribga
Population  (2008)
• Total	50,000
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Bejaâd (Moroccan Arabic: بجعد, : pronunciation: Bjaɛd) is a small city in Khouribga Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco. Postal Code : 25060.

The city is a suffi spiritual town between the Arab tribes of Beni zemmour descendants of Banu Hilal

Notable people

Famous people originated from Bejaâd include:

• Mohamed Cherkaoui, Moroccan politician
• Habib El Malki, Moroccan politician
• Taieb Cherkaoui Moroccan politician
• Lahcen Haddad, Moroccan politician
• Ahmed Cherkaoui, Moroccan painter
• Hakim Belabbes, Moroccan filmmaker
• Salah El Morsli Cherkaoui, music artist
• Chafik Cherqaoui, diplomat,
• Idriss Chaarani, novelist and poet
• Yehuda Lancry, Israeli diplomat
• Amir Peretz, former Israeli defense minister
• Shaul Amor, mayor of Migdal HaEmek, a member of the Israeli parliament and Israel's ambassador to Belgium.