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Where was Abd el-Krim born?

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Abd el-Krim was born in the small settlement of Ajdir, Morocco, in 1882. Ajdir is located across Alhucemas Bay from the Spanish island presidio of Peñón de Alhucemas and was home to the Aït Youssef Ou Ali faction of the Beni Urriaguel, the largest Berber group in the Rif region.12