Tamiri With a profound and gorgeous voice, a young female star, Tamiri, has appeared in the world of the Amazigh song in the recent years. This Rifian artist has been appeared for the first time in the famous theater play that commemorates the unforgettable history event of Rif, Dhar Oubaran. Supported by the Rifian singer Massin, she always had the courage to sing on the stage, which lead her to launch her first single album called “Ssendâ€?... 

Tamazgha The Berber seems to be content to be drawn gradually into and assimilated by his country’s general ethos, to lose his identity in Arab society. Berber nationalism has become an outmoded doctrine, if it ever existed in the first place. The Berber of today may remember the tales of his father’s father, of the glory of the Berber tribes; but he will not attempt to emulate his forebears. Instead, when asked his... 

The etymology of the word "Berber"? For some people, the origin of the word “Berber”? would be Greek; their argument rely on the fact that the Greeks called people who spoke a language other than Greek “the Barbarians”?. For the Arabs, the above word would be borrowed from Arabic, since in this language there is the verb “Barbara”? (to roar) and “Al-barbarah”? (“roar”? and by extension,... 

he 3rd Mediterranean Festival of Al Hoceima The 3rd annual festival of Al Hoceima was surprising this summer; the pioneers of Amazigh music from many regions of Tamazgha and other bands that are in the diaspora joined the event. The festival started on Monday July 23 and ended on Sunday 29 of the same month. The artists that marked the event are Khalid Izri, Imetlaa, Takfarinas, Thifridjas, Zirly, Tifyour and the famous humorist Thuzzarin narrif .... 

Towards a Unified, Common and Standard Amazigh Language For many decades, we witnessed, especially in the Amazighophone circles, rational consciousness raising whose consequences are promoting, normalizing, standardizing and unifying Amazigh language, one of the old languages that has been living for several millennia. As far as can be traced back in the field of Amazigh studies, the theory of the Amazigh language has always been brought to the fore.... 

The 3rd Amazigh Festival of Tangiers The 3rd edition of the Tangiers Amazigh Festival has been a remarkable event in the memory of Tangiers (the bride of the north of Morocco). Artists from different parts of Tamazgha (north of Africa) including Rif, Sous, Atlas, Kabylia, Twareg… made of this manifestation a magnificent meeting to celebrate the openness of Tamazight on the world cultures. The artists that marked this edition are: Takfarinas... 

Izri band This event was the most successful Amazigh festival in Arif ever. The giant artists of Rif, Kabyle: Khalid Izri, Djur Djura, Walid Mimoun, Thidrin, Imetlaa, and others took part in the successfulness of this big event. Tangier lived special Amazigh mediterranean rhythms. The stadium of Tangiers was full of the lovers of Amazigh Music and especially the Rifian one. Thidrin showed a great capability of the Rifian music, the same for Imetlaa... 

Said Zerouali Releases a New Album Said Zerwali, a young talented singer from Berkane, has recently emerged in the world of the Amazigh music. He has just released his second album ‘Ruh a Memmi’ (Go! my Son?). This new album is a composition of songs that touch different topics, such as Love, freedom, and social issues. “This second album is a fruit of many years of work” Says Said. ‘Ruh a Memmi’ is expected to be available... 

Rifain Resistance Poetry Amazigh tradition in the Rif has a very rich stock of resistance poetry. Towards the close of the 19th century the area was rocked by tensions producing total disorder, at the time of Spanish colonial encroachment. Living in a traditional, strictly egalitarian society, the Rifian has had little use for intrusive, external forces, be they the Makhzen, or a colonial power. His seemingly ’dissident’... 

tifinagh An international colloquium on Tifinagh, the earliest alphabet used to transcribe the Amazigh language, took place on Thursday (March 22nd) in Algiers. Organized by the High Commission for Amazigh (HCA), the conference was attended by distinguished social science experts from Niger, Morocco, Tunisia and France. Those in attendance deliberated the alphabet’s use and how best to preserve it as a part of the Berber people’s cultural...