The blade surely looks N African. 
 The so-called "Bedouin" swords usually are much more sophisticated than this one, with a shashka-like handle etc. 
 But I tend to agree with Charles: it certainly looks like it belonged to a Bedouin. A poor, undernourished, one-goat Bedouin, but a Bedouin nevertheless.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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