Chefchaouen is also known simply as Chaouen, or Xauen to the Spaniards who settled in the Rif.
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It was in Chefchaouen that Sayyida Al Hurra spent her childhood, educated by the best teachers, nostalgic for the charms of Al Andalus that even the real luxury of Chefchaouen could not dispel. It was also to Chaouen that she returned after being expelled from Tétouan.
