Archive for May, 2006
Interview with Thifswin Association of the Amazigh Theatre
Thifswin Association
Agraw.Com: Azul brother Mohamed Ben Yousef from ‘Thefeswin’ association of the Amazigh theatre. First, tell us about Thefeswin?
Thfswin: Thanks brother Miloud for this question. Thefeswin used to be a group before becoming recently an association. We worked from 1998 until 2004 as a group, but we thought of creating an association under the name of Thefeswin so that we would work legally.
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Indigenous Peoples of Afric
Africa
The indigenous peoples of North Africa are the Imazighn, known as Berbers to the West and including the nomadic and oasis dwelling Tuareg people in the south.They claim their indigenous identity in the face of pressures for cultural, linguistic and political assimilation into an Arab and Arabic language identity by the States of North Africa. This ‘Arabism’ dates from the 1950s liberation movement and is a source...
The Amazigh issue under the scope of Mr. Abdeslam Khalafi
Mr. Abdeslam Khalafi
Mr. Abdesslam Khalafi is a former professor at Al Akhawayn University, who is now a researcher in the Royal Institute for Moroccan Amazigh Culture (IRCAM). The first question for Mr. Khalafi was about whether Amazigh consider themselves as a separate ethnic group or as an integrated group in the Moroccan society. The answer was that this issue is very complex, if we go back to Amazigh history before Islam, we find that they were...
M.C.A Amazigh Days in Tangiers
M.C.A Amazigh Days in Tangiers
As a perpetuation of the 26th memory of the Amazigh spring, the Amazigh cultural movement in Tanjiss organized cultural days which started the 24th and ended on the 26th April 2006 under the motto: “Tamazight’s equity is a bet for any real democratic movement�. The first day was organized in the faculty of Law where an exposition of different books and publications took place....