Riffians or Rifians (Tarifit: Irifiyen, singular: Arifi[5]; Arabic: الريفيون) are a Berber ethnic group originally from the Rif region of northeastern Morocco (includes the autonomous city of Spain, Melilla).

[6] The oldest man in the household commands authority and responsibility for decisions, while women jointly care for the young and sick without any discrimination.

[11] The Riffians have lived a largely settled, agricultural lifestyle, using hand tools, oxen and cattle to plow the steeply terraced land in their valleys.

[12] This tradition, states Hsain Ilahiane, is linked to the 11th-century destruction and deaths of the Riffian fathers during the raid by the Almoravid leader Yusuf ibn Tashfin.

[12] In more modern times, the Rif War caused numerous deaths of Riffian people and of Spanish as well as French soldiers.