In a move branded both provocative and unacceptable, the page presenting itself as the Global Sumud Flotilla announced plans to release a video titled “Western Sahara: One Struggle,” originally set to air on the evening of Wednesday, July...
First names for girls: ⴰⵏⵢⴰ [ Anya ] : Melody. ⴱⴰⵢⴰ [ Baya ] : Traditional name (central Morocco, Kabylia, Tuareg). ⴱⵉⵜⵉ [ Biti ] : Traditional name (Atlas), Biti is a term used to cherish infants (Souss). Variant: Bitti. ⴷⴰⵎⵢⴰ [ Damya...
On Wednesday evening, a communiqué of the Royal Court announced that King Mohammed VI gave the order to make the Amazigh New Year an official holiday in Morocco; similar to the first of Muharram and New Year. In this context, the same source adds, Ki...
Many observers see the adoption of the Amazigh language in the passport as a significant step toward implementing its official status The announcement that Tamazight will feature in Morocco’s new biometric passport, set to enter circulation thi...
In the European race to divide the land of the world amongst themselves during the colonial era, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria were each separately colonized by the French. As a matter of fact, French colonialism manifested differently within each co...
It’s hardly surprising that opinions differ on language policy or on how best to implement the official status of the Amazigh language. That’s the stuff of ordinary democratic debate. What is surprising is that, more t...
I won’t dwell here on the economic, political or moral fallout of these footballing achievements — experts are better placed than I am to address that. What interests me is the question of identity. Morocco’s footballi...
Conquerors, colonizers and other foreign powers that to different extents have tried to override and reshape Amazigh identity, have influenced the Amazigh people of North Africa and the Sahel in the cultural expression a...
There’s no better way to belong to a people than to write in their language.”Heinrich Böll, German writer (1917 – 1985) The Algerian singer Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, died in France at the age of 70. The tireless champio...
Historically the Amazigh have faced many obstacles and hurdles in the recognition and expression of their history, language, and culture. These boundaries are strongly influenced by historic conflicts and disagreements within Moro...
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- Who’s Afraid of Amazigh Identity? A Look at a Discourse of Denial and Exclusion
- Sumud Flotilla Backs Its Polisario Panarab “Brothers” to Divide Morocco… and the Humanitarian Mask Slips
- Families Left Without Aid: Al Haouz Earthquake Victims Protest Outside Parliament
- After the Passport, Calls Grow to Add Tamazight to Moroccan ID Cards and Banknotes
- What the World Cup Run Did for Moroccan Identity
- The Amazigh Language to Feature on the New Moroccan Passport Starting August 2026
- The Amazigh Teachers’ Association of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region Denounces Arbitrary Assignments
- Amazigh Activists Criticize State’s Disregard for Constitutional Obligations Toward the Amazigh Language
- Reflections on French Colonialism in the Maghreb
- Amazigh first names and their meaning in English
- King Mohammed VI declares the Amazigh New Year an official holiday
- Poetry, Songs and Dance as Amazigh Strong Markers of Identity
- Idir, is Not Dead, he’s Just Passed into Cultural Eternity…
- Hurdles facing Amazigh Culture in Morocco
