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Why is learning Amazigh language in its Tifinagh script important in Morocco?
For decades, Islamists and pan-Arab nationalists have questioned the need to constitutionalise Amazigh language, particularly ...
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Yennayer shows the power of Amazigh identity—now advocates are Making Morocco’s political inaction impossible to ignore
On the night of Jan. 14, bonfires will light up Morocco as millions of Amazigh people celebrate Yennayer, a time-honored ...
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African, Arab or Amazigh? Morocco's identity crisis
One major Amazigh language - Tamazight - is now recognised as an official language alongside Arabic. But this was a controversy long time in the making. Immediately after Qatar was awarded the ...
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Government marks Amazigh new year with agreements to promote language officialization
The government celebrated the Amazigh New Year 2975 in Rabat by signing several key agreements aimed at promoting the ...
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In Morocco, Amazigh's New Year, Yennayer, is a celebration and struggle against marginalisation
Despite recognition, activists worry that the Amazigh culture is treated as "folkloric window dressing" while the community ...
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19-year-old wins Moroccan beauty pageant
Asmaa Sarah, 19, who hails from the Amazigh ethnic group ... judged the beauty queens by their mastery of their ethnic language, and the quality of their cultural dress. A group of 10 women ...
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Montreal's Amazigh community rings in year 2975, continues efforts to preserve culture
From her pen name Oli Vam, which means olive tree in Latin, to the Amazigh jewelry she wears daily, her heritage follows her everywhere she goes. "It all reflects something, it all reflects an ...