ous c ous , ▁past illa , ▁and ▁the ▁t aj ine ▁ste w . ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁ ▁The ▁cu is ine ▁of ▁the ▁Mag h reb , ▁the ▁western ▁region ▁of ▁North ▁Africa ▁that ▁includes ▁the ▁four ▁countries ▁of ▁Mor oc co , ▁Al ger ia , ▁Tun is ia ▁and ▁Lib ya ▁plus ▁the ▁West ▁African ▁country ▁of ▁Maur it ania , ▁is ▁by ▁origin ▁Ber ber . ▁The ▁cu is ines ▁of ▁Al ger ia , ▁Tun is ia ▁and ▁Lib ya ▁have ▁in ▁addition ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁French ▁and ▁Italian ▁cu is ine ▁respectively . ▁ ▁C uis ine ▁In ▁Mag hre bi ▁cu is ine , ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁st ap le ▁food s ▁are ▁whe at ▁( for ▁k h ob z ▁bread ▁and ▁c ous c ous ), ▁fish , ▁sea fo od , ▁go at , ▁l amb , ▁be ef , ▁dates , ▁al mond s , ▁ol ives ▁and ▁various ▁veget ables ▁and ▁f ruits . ▁Because ▁the ▁region ▁is ▁pre domin antly ▁Muslim , ▁hal al ▁me ats ▁are ▁usually ▁e aten . ▁Most ▁d ishes ▁are ▁sp iced , ▁especially ▁with ▁c umin , ▁g inger , ▁pap ri ka , ▁c inn am on ▁and ▁sa ff ron . ▁F resh ▁pe pp erm int , ▁par s ley , ▁or ▁cor i ander ▁are ▁also ▁very ▁common . ▁Sp ice ▁mi xt ures ▁such ▁as ▁ras ▁el ▁han out , ▁b ah ar at , ▁and ▁ch ili