The Dui-Menia Bedouins of Algeria

The Dui-Menia Bedouins of Algeria, numbering approximately 87,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an Arab Bedouin tribal complex of the Algerian-Moroccan Sahara. Historically combining pastoral herding, caravan trade, and oasis settlement, they occupied the Saoura-Zousfana frontier and maintained strong tribal affiliations They are an Indigenous people, with Bedouin, Dui-Menia as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bedouin, Saharan people cluster of the Arab Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Central Atlas Tamazight is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Bedouin, Dui-Menia

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Bedouin, Saharan
Primary Language(s): Central Atlas Tamazight (tzm)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 87,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042637
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Central Atlas Tamazight
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

70%
%
Tamazight, Central Atlas Speakers

Media Resources in Central Atlas Tamazight:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Central Atlas Tamazight:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Lctab n Rebbi s Tamazight n Atlas✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Central Atlas Tamazight bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

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Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

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Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

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And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Bedouin, Dui-Menia Across Countries (ROP3 - 102751) reported in the following countries:

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