The Doui-Menia or Dawi-Mani` (Arabic ذوي منيع, Maghrebi Arabic /dwi-mniʕ/) are an ArabMuqaddimah en tribe of the Moroccan-Algerian border between Taghit and the Tafilalt region, centered on Abadla in the Guir valley. They became prominent in the area with their expansion eastwards around the 17th century,Dunn 1977:69 notably at the expense of the Ghenanma and Hamyan.Dunn 1977:74, Capot-Rey 1952:138 A fraction of the Doui-Menia live on the outskirts of Fez in the area of Jebel Zerhoun and historically were a Makhzen tribe organised into a permanent guich. Like several other tribes of the region, they are divided into "five fifths" (khams khmas), tracing their descent to a common ancestor, `Addi el-Meni`i; according to Dunn (1977:70), these are:
Ouled Djelloul. Ouled Youssef. Idersa. Ouled Bou Anane. Ouled bel Giz.
To these a "sixth" was added by alliance in the 19th century: the neighbouring Ouled Djerir near Bechar.Dunn 1977:83 Traditionally mainly nomadic, agriculture became an essential part of their economy in the eighteenth century: each "fifth" cultivated a portion of the seasonally flooded lands along the Guir valley near Abadla, and stored the produce in fortified silos (matmuras).Capot-Rey 1952:138 They also bought, or confiscated, palm groves at nearby oases.
References Ross E. Dunn, Resistance in the desert: Moroccan responses to French imperialism 1881-1912. Taylor & Francis 1977. Robert Capot-Rey, Transformations récentes dans une tribu du Sud-Oranais. Annales de Géographie 1952, vol. 61, n. 324, pp. 138–142