Oujda
Americannoun
noun
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One protester told BBC Newsday that going to the hospital in his city, Oujda, on the border with Algeria, was like "entering a jail".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Two members of Morocco’s security forces and 33 migrants who were injured during the border breach were being treated at hospitals in the Moroccan cities of Nador and Oujda, MAP said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
Although details about his roots have been kept murky, most accounts agree that Mr. Bouteflika was born March 2, 1937, in Oujda, Morocco, which borders Algeria.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021
Some biographers say Bouteflika was born in Tlemcen, western Algeria, and others give his place of birth as Oujda, just over the border in Morocco.
From Reuters ● Mar. 11, 2019
At the end of three days, he sent us to Oujda, a dusty little town right across the border from Algeria and the headquarters of the Algerian army in Morocco.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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