Touaregs

These things she had heard of as among the minor perils of Stanton's expedition, and there were many more formidable, of course, such as Touaregs and Tibbu brigands.

A Soldier of the Legion 1889

"Marrakech is the great market of the south...not only the Atlas with its feudal chiefs and their wild clansman, but all that lies beyond of heat and savagery: the Sahara of the veiled Touaregs, Dakka, Timbuctoo, Senegal and the Soudan."

Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011

"Marrakech is the great market of the south...not only the Atlas with its feudal chiefs and their wild clansman, but all that lies beyond of heat and savagery: the Sahara of the veiled Touaregs, Dakka, Timbuctoo, Senegal and the Soudan."

Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011

"Marrakech is the great market of the south...not only the Atlas with its feudal chiefs and their wild clansman, but all that lies beyond of heat and savagery: the Sahara of the veiled Touaregs, Dakka, Timbuctoo, Senegal and the Soudan."

Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011

"Marrakech is the great market of the south...not only the Atlas with its feudal chiefs and their wild clansman, but all that lies beyond of heat and savagery: the Sahara of the veiled Touaregs, Dakka, Timbuctoo, Senegal and the Soudan."

Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh? Richard Bangs 2011

Toumast are Touaregs from the Sahara, but ullulations aside, they sound like the distant cousins of the Velvet Underground.

Readers recommend: songs about manual labour 2010

Tired and jetlagged after a four-hour runway delay and seven-hour overnight flight, I rallied to watch this ingenious band throw down a blend of electronica-based tracks borrowing from the Touaregs, flamenco, Balkan music, and Sephardic folk tunes.

Derek Beres: globalFEST Makes its Sixth Appearance in New York 2009

Frenchman Maizan, who was cut to pieces; from Major Laing, killed by the Touaregs, to Roscher, from Hamburg, massacred in the beginning of 1860, the names of victim after victim have been inscribed on the lists of African martyrdom!

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

Kailouas, who veil their faces with a bandage of cotton, like their dangerous neighbors, the Touaregs.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

Before starting, the doctor had prudently renewed his stock of water, having feared that he should not be able to touch ground in these regions, infested as they are by the Aouelim-Minian Touaregs.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003