Beidane

Beidane or Beidan, also spelled Baydan or Beydan (Arabic: بيظان‎), is an Arabic term used in the Maghreb region of North Africa to refer to lighter-skinned or white Moors, in contrast to Haratin, which refers to those with a darker complexion, or black. The Beidane inhabit most of what is now Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and, to a lesser extent, Egypt. The Beidane refers to those of Arab, Berber, or Arab-Berber descent; The main language of the Beidane is Arabic and to a lesser extent Tamazight (Berber).

"Moor" is not the term for a specific ethnic group, but rather the term used by the European Christians, in reference to the Arab and Berber populations that hailed from North Africa in the medieval period and soon took control of Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Portugal, Spain, and the southern parts of France and Italy. Another term used in reference to the Arabs and Berbers at this time was "Saracen". This was largely used to refer to the peoples of the entire Arab Islamic empire, mostly used by Italians and other Europeans to the north. The term largely fell out of use after the Middle Ages.