Beidane

Ethnic group

Beidane or Bidān, also spelled Baydan or Beydan, is an Arabic term used in Mauritania to refer to lighter-skinned or white Moors, in contrast to the term Haratine, which refers to those with a darker complexion or black moors. The beidane, who are of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry, represent 30% of Mauritania's population. The language of the Beidane is Hassaniya Arabic. Al-Bidān is an endonym used within Mauritania and Western Sahara by the Bidān people to refer to themselves. The name used by outsiders to refer to the Beydane is Moors from which the country of Mauritania derives its name from the Latin designation of their inhabitants (Mauri) as the Bidan form the majority of the population.

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