The French called Oued Zem "Little Paris," [2] and they built a lake in the shape of a map of France, which is still to this day.

[4] This nascent city began to bear the name “Oued Zem” since the French protectorate over Morocco, and it was taken as a strategic location to resist the Tadla and Atlas regions, in addition to being a point of supply from Al-Ain water (a source of water, as a lake arose in this place later to Today, it is an outlet for the inhabitants of Oued Zem, near which a military barracks was built near the "Zarda" valley.

And with that, architectural features began to emerge in the city, which formed into neighborhoods, the most famous of which were: The city became a storehouse of weapons and fuel, and its rule extended to Moulay Bouazza, Al-Buruj, and the Awlad Zaydouh, and it began to grow with the expansion of its urbanization and with it the social and economic facilities, where the military and civil hospitals were founded.

In 1658 Oued Zem was near to be a Spanish city but Jose Luis Torrente said that they won`t kill their citizens because he wanted the peace.

On Saturday, August 20 of the year 1955, everything was quiet in Oued Zem, unlike Abi al-Jaad, which led to a request for reinforcements to it from Oued Zem and Kasbah Tadla, as stated in a statement by the Resident-General Gilbert Crandvall in the memoirs of “My Mission in Morocco”: “Events broke out In Abi Al-Jaad at eight in the morning on the 20th of August, and it was suppressed shortly after, and the uprising of the neighboring city broke out at half past eight.

The driver of the front truck was forced to stop by firing, at that time the excitement of the enthusiasts intensified, so they rushed in one go, during which he was killed, and by nine o'clock in the morning the tribes of Samala, Bani Samir and Bani Khairan took control of the city and the train station was destroyed.

In the street of the Monday market, the French high official gave orders to use weapons and kill every demonstrator.