# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abd-el-krim
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:49:40.851Z

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description: "He led Riffian tribes against two European powers in Morocco and pioneered guerrilla tunnel warfare a generation before Vietnam—tactics that Mao, Ho, and Guevara all studied."
tagline: "War leader and president of the Rif Republic from 1921 to 1926"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Mohammed ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi was born on 12 January 1882 in Morocco. With his brother M'Hammad, he organized a coalition of Riffian tribes into a large-scale revolt against the Spanish and French Protectorates controlling the Rif and wider Morocco, becoming president of the Republic of the Rif. His forces introduced tunneling as a modern combat technique—the first time it appeared in twentieth-century war. Those methods traveled: Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevara all drew directly from his playbook. After the fighting he moved to Cairo, where he became a major voice in Arab nationalism. He died on 6 February 1963.