Mokrani

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Mokrani is a surname, and may refer to;

Mokrani derives from المقراني (El Mokrani), a town in Algeria.

El Mokrani is a town and commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 4,856.

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Cheikh Mokrani (1815–1871) - Leader of the Mokrani Revolt
Mohamed Mokrani (born 1981) - Algerian handball player

Cheikh Mokrani Algerian resistance leader

Sheikh Mohamed El- Mokrani was one of the principal leaders of the popular uprising at the end of 19th century following the French conquest in Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria in 1830.

The Mokrani Revolt, known locally as the Unfaq urrumi,, which broke out on 16 March 1871, was the most important local uprising against French colonial power in Algeria since the conquest in 1830 : more than 250 tribes rose up, around a third of the population of the country. It was led by the Kabyles of the Biban mountains commanded by Cheikh Mokrani and his brother Boumezrag, as well as Cheikh El Haddad, head of the Rahmaniyya religious fraternity.

Mohamed Mokrani is an Algerian handball player for Dunkerque.

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