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...
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,” origi...
Dozens of survivors of the Al Haouz earthquake gathered outside Parliament in Rabat on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the call of the National Coordination of Al Haouz Earthquake Victims. They are deman...
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 ne...
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 ident...
After a long wait, Moroccans are finally getting an Amazigh-language passport. A legal reform of the biometric passport will add Tamazight to the document for the first time. The reform also scraps th...
The Regional Association of Amazigh Language Teachers in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region expressed concern over what it described as unlawful assignments affecting teachers of the subject within...
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 cher...
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 N...