Morocco's royal palace said on Wednesday the start of the Amazigh year will be an official paid holiday much to the delight of Amazigh activists who campaigned for decades for the recognition of ...

Morocco's Amazigh speakers fear indigenous language fading. By Ahmed Eljechtimi. January 30, 2023 1:38 PM UTC Updated January 30, 2023 Item 1 of 8 Amazigh people celebrate their ...

The objective: to promote the Amazigh cause within governmental institutions. The Amazigh or Berber ethnic group is located in North Africa, in countries including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

Morocco recognised Amazigh as an official language only with the new constitution in 2011. Advertisement . Eight years on, parliament has yet to enact the legislation required to establish its use ...

Amazigh activists in Morocco said they were outraged by the desecration of the Amazigh flag by a group of individuals suspected of having ties to the Ministry of Interior in the Libyan Government ...

Amazigh singer Fatima Tabaamrant performs during the festival 'Edition Tiwsi' to celebrate the Amazigh new year, also called 'Yennayer' - the 2,965th year, on 12 January 2015 in Tiznit, Morocco (AFP) ...

Amazigh boasts a diverse history spanning thousands of years with numerous dialects.. Due to political sensitivity, there are no precise studies on the exact number of Amazigh speakers.However, the ...

Nonetheless, Morocco's Arabised monarchy often suppressed expressions of Amazigh national identity in the decades after the kingdom’s 1956 independence from France, a cultural policy that peaked ...

Morocco has a substantial population of Berbers, or Amazigh as they prefer to be called - some estimates put it at nearly 40% of the country's population of more than 34 million.

Morocco's Amazigh Speakers Fear Indigenous Language Fading. By Ahmed Eljechtimi Published 01/30/23 AT 7:42 AM EST. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on ...