During the Middle Ages, North Africa was home to many great scholars, saints and sovereigns including Judah Ibn Quraysh, the first grammarian to mention Semitic and Berber languages, the great Sufi masters Sidi Boumediene (Abu Madyan) and Sidi El Houari, and the Emirs Abd Al Mu'min and Yāghmūrasen.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə mˈɪdəl ˈeɪdʒᵻz, nˈɔːɹθ ˈæfɹɪkə wʌz hˈoʊm tə mˈɛni ɡɹˈeɪt skˈɑːlɚz, sˈeɪnts ænd sˈɑːvɚɹˌɪnz ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ dʒˈuːdə ˈɪbən kwɚɹˈeɪʃ, ðə fˈɜːst ɡɹæmˈɛɹiən tə mˈɛnʃən sɛmˈɪɾɪk ænd bˈɜːbɚ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz, ðə ɡɹˈeɪt sˈuːfi mˈæstɚz sˈɪdi baʊmˈiːdˈaɪiːn ˈæbuː mˈædɪən ænd sˈɪdi ˌɛl hwˈɑːɹi, ænd ðɪ ˈɛmɪɹz ˈæbd ˈæl mˈʌmɪn ænd jˈæɡmjʊɹɹˌeɪsən.