'the notables') is one of the 16 arrondissements of Casablanca, the biggest city of the Casablanca-Settat region and of Morocco.

[1] It is bounded to the north by boulevard d'Anfa and Mohamed Zerktouni, to the east by avenue 2 Mars and Nador, to the south by the Casablanca urban highway, and to the west by boulevard Ghandi and Route d'El Jadida.

In 1949, the musician Salim Halali settled in Morocco and transformed an old café in Maârif into a prestigious cabaret, Le Coq d'Or, where Warda Al-Jazairia and El-Haja El-Hamdaouia performed.

[3] In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators.

[5] According to the 2024 General Census of Population and Housing by the High Commission for Planning, Maârif has 139,669 inhabitants..[6]