A recent change to Morocco’s vehicle registration system by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, which adds a Latin equivalent to Arabic characters on standard-series plates, has revived debate over the place of the Amazigh language in the ...
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...
A recent change to Morocco’s vehicle registration system by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, which adds a Latin equivalent to Arabic characters on standard-series plates, has revived debate over the place of the Amazigh language in the ...
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...
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...
It seems the Amazigh language has become, for Driss El Ganbouri (a doctor, alas!), far more than a mere subject of criticism. In his discourse, it has turned into a permanent fixation: every time it appears in the public space, or...
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...
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