Twiza festival celebrates its seventh edition Twiza Festival has become an annual event that is celebrated in Tangier for seven years. The Foundation of the Mediterranean festival of Tangier has started this experience with a clear & confident objective that is to promote the Amazigh culture as a component of the Moroccan identity. This festival aims also to contribute the integration of the Amazigh culture & in different areas of the city,... 

Nabil Thwiza, Adjun Fusion Nabil Thwiza has recently released his new album Adjun Fusion. “This new album is a product of three years of hard work. I am finally happy that it is ready to share with my fans & friends” Says Nabil Thwiza, the founder of the band. The album consists of eight tracks ranging from Thamja Thamizit, Layhanik, Awid Awid, Ga3 Ga3 and others. Adjun fusion is expected to be available in the market starting next week. Thwiza... 

Idir concert, Mawazine 2011 Legendary Amazigh singer Idir stole the show at the 2011 Festival Mawazine: Rhythms of the World on Friday Thursday evening, May 26 in Rabat, Morocco. Running through his extensive catalog which spans back to the 1970’s,  Idir delighted his Moroccan fans with hits like “Avava Inouva,” “Cfigh,” “Zwit Rwit,” and “Ssendu,” which he dedicates to all the mothers. With thousands of nonstop screaming, jumping,... 

Ithran Ithran is going to perform a live concert in Salé (Morocco) on the 23rd of May, 2011. This concert is programmed in Mawazine festival in its 10th edition. Idir is also going to perform in the same festival on the 26th of May. For more information regarding the program of this festival, please check the website below. Ithran is an Amazigh word that means stars. The group was created in 1984. Despite inadequate resources, the group managed to break... 

Thifswin organizes the third Edition of Nekor Festival Thifswin association for Amazigh Theater in Al Hoceima announces the organization of the third Edition of the Nekor Mediterranean festival for theater in Al Hoceima starting from the 12th of May to the 15th of the same month. Download the following program for more detailed information about the different troops that are going to participate in this edition. For more information about this event,... 

Tahnanait, a rural woman who is always sixty. Short story by Mohamed Handour High in the Atlas Mountains, lives an old Amazigh lady who never knows the true meaning of despondency and depression in spite of her abject poverty and solitary existence. Her real name is Hadda, but people call her Tahnanait. Whatever this word means in Tamazight, whether it is illustrated in the dictionary or not and regardless of its positive or negative meaning, this... 

Muhend Abdelkrim – ‘Di Dewla n Ripublik’ By Aumer U Lamara (« Di Dewla n Ripublik » / « At the time of the Republic », as we still say in the Rif, and also in other regions of Morocco, when speaking about the Rif Republic). The Rif Republic was built in Februry 1923 in the battle,  honor and intelligence. It has been the starting event for the worldwide movement against colonialism in the way of struggles for political independence,... 

The Amazigh community hopes that the Moroccan king's promises of reforms will translate into official recognition of their language. For years, Morocco’s Amazigh community pressed for the consitutionalisation of the Amazigh language. King Mohammed VI’s pledge to implement comprehensive reforms instilled hope that their dream might soon come true. In his March 9th speech, the Moroccan sovereign emphasised “the rich, variegated... 

Commemoration of 48th anniversary of the passing away of Abdel-Krim Al Khattabi in Catalonia The cultural association of the rights of the Amazigh people in Catalonia celebrated on Saturday February 5, the 48 th anniversary of the passing away of the Amazigh leader Abd el-Krim El Khattabi “Mulay Muhend”. This commemoration event took place in in Figueres in the Catechetical cultural center. The event was directed by a member of the association... 

Mbarek Oulaarbi (1982-2011), founder of Saghru band It is with deepest sorrow that we have received the passing away of Mbarek Larbi (NBA n Saghru), who spent all his life in promoting and modernising the Amazigh music of southeast Morocco. Born in Mellab, a little village in the of the southeastern region of Morocco, M’barek Oularbi, the front man of the group Saghru, discovers his true passion for arts at a young age: Painting, guitar, composition,...