A report by Spanish intelligence services, whose details were revealed by the television channel Telecinco, has established that a large-scale digital campaign launched from Algerian accounts and groups was the initial spark behind the mass entry att...
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...
It is difficult today to discuss the state of the Amazigh language in Morocco without looking back at the long path it has traveled within the country’s institutions. The place the Amazigh language now occupies did not emerge overnight, nor did...
The regional office of the National Teachers’ Union, affiliated with the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT), has taken up the case of several Amazigh language teachers excluded from the “Pioneer School” certification — a situat...
It is difficult today to discuss the state of the Amazigh language in Morocco without looking back at the long path it has traveled within the country’s institutions. The place the Amazigh language now occupies did not emerge overnight, nor did...
New genetic research has reignited debate over unfounded narratives that trace the origins of Amazigh people in Morocco and North Africa to Yemen or other Arabist-inspired myths. At a symposium titled “Morocco in the Mirror of New Archaeologica...
Before delving into the heart of the matter, it’s worth pausing on the very concept of Amazighity. It is not merely a language or an ethnicity, as the hostile and alienated current (the “imeḥraṣn”) tries to portr...
Since the Amazigh language gained constitutional recognition in 2011, public debate in Morocco has moved beyond a narrow question of identity to become a genuine test of democracy—one that touches on citizenship, fairness, and equ...
A statement by researcher and civil rights activist Mohamed Chami has reignited debate over the implementation of Amazigh’s official status. He detailed a long process of engagement with state institutions that, he said, cul...
Amazigh emigration is no longer simply a matter of leaving in search of better living conditions — it has become a genuine cultural issue. While thousands of Amazigh people have successfully built stable lives in countries around ...
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...
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- Officializing Tamazight: Progress and Lingering Challenges
- Spanish Intelligence: Algeria Was the Starting Point of the Ceuta Assault
- Amazighity Endures: Beyond Hatred and Historical Myths
- The Amazigh Language: Recognized on Paper, Absent in Practice
- Science Settles It: 84% of Moroccans Are Genetically Amazigh, Debunking the Yemeni Origin Myth
- Mohamed Chami Calls for More Legal Action to Enforce Amazigh’s Official Status
- Tifinagh Letters Appear on Rabat’s New Police Patrols
- Pioneer School: Amazigh Teachers Demand Equal Treatment
- Moroccan Diaspora: Arabic Is Taught, The Amazigh Language Is Not
- First Amazigh Translators Graduate in Tangier
- 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
