Yennayer
1, 2950 marks the Amazigh new year. The origin of Yennayer
refers to the first mention of the Amazigh people in historical
records: the founding by Amazigh Pharaoh Sheshonq I of the
22nd pharaonic dynasty in 950 BC, followed by the 23rd and
24th Amazigh pharaonic dynasties, over 200 years (950 BC-712
BC) of Amazigh rule in ancient Egypt. by Salah Badjou.
Tamazgha Toponame
Toponymie is a science which studies places names (toponymes). It seeks their meaning, their etymology, but also their transformation throughout the centuries. We deal here with the toponymie of Tamazgha (North Africa):
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Anyone who wishes to include an article to help educate people about the Amazigh--the language, culture, the people's struggles for the right to self-identification in North Africa--is welcome and encouraged to send the document to info@amazighWorld.org (read more)
Sounds from North Africa Introduction: Egypt has always been regarded by the Egyptians as the cradle of the world "Oummou ddouniya. And by the "Arab world" as the cradle of ideologies that have always ignited it for 50 years : from Arab nationalism to today Islamism. And by the world as the leader and the door of the Arab world. Now look on the ground, Israel did not choose Egypt to make peace than no one had imagined? the same Egypt that ignited arabs a few years ago to throw all the Jews in the Mediterranean. Obama did not choose Cairo and not Rabat or Algiers to make his historic speech for the Arab and Muslim world that any American president ever did? Hadn’t he chosen, Cairo and not Rabat or Algiers, where a step toward tolerance, democracy and freedom of the press is really crossed over to a Middle East where people are just seeking elections -not yet fair ones- but just elections and sometimes even the women’s right to drive a simple car (...) On September 11, is the majority of terrorists from the middle east and just after it was Moroccans, Tunisians, Algerians and even Nigerians and never more Middle Eastern? (..). Egypt Has not built a wall that separates it from its own yesterday Arab brothers in Gaza? a wall that Israel hasn’t even built, too deeply to prevent even the subway contacts! (..) Cairo knows how and when to throw fire and water in the Muslim world, it had done before and after Camp David contract without harm alleging it knows handling the ropes. But behind those ropes, there is neither military power nor economic nor advanced technology? There is a simple Arabo-Islamist ideology! But soon and later this situation will still be valid after this North African identity raising that challenged that ideology? We listen here a viewpoint analyst from elsewhere, the Israeli civil society. It is an article published in the Israeli newspaper "The Jerusalem Report" last week; we republish it for North Africans readers given its importance and timeliness. A simple setting that ignores the North Africans, but in the international observer’s eyes is deeply strategic: why did all the peoples of North Africa -without exception- support the football Algerian National team against Egypt and not "Oummou ddouniya? ..... Redaction...... Full story
MOSHE BENARROCHE : Moroccan-Israeli Jewish-Amazigh Poet Moshe Benarroche, an Israeli-Amazigh poet, born in Tetuan, Morocco, in 1959, is one of the first Jews of North Africa who has publically acknowledged the Amazigh connection to Sephardic Jews (Jews of former Sefardia, i.e., Spain). In an interview, conducted by Karen Alkalay-Gut, Benarroche explains:
Before the Arab conquest of Morocco, there was complete tolerance of any cult in the country. Many Amazigh tribes converted to Judaism and Christianity (St. Augustine was an Amazigh), and probably all the Jews from Morocco and Spain are of Amazigh descent.... Full story
Amazigh movement in Morocco: Creating a national preparatory committee for a political structure The Amazigh militants held a meeting in Marrakech on 12 September2009 during which they discussed topics related to the future of the political, economic, social and cultural situation in Morocco. This discussion resulted from a series of meetings that have been taking place in different parts of Morocco since March 2008.The participants also discussed possible political alternatives necessary to overcome problems related to the present situation. The discussion resulted in:... Full story
Human Rights Watch : Letter to Morocco Interior Minister Benmoussa on the Refusal of Amazigh Names We are writing this initially private letter to you in the hope that you will respond in writing to the concerns we raise, so that we may reflect your answers when we make this letter public. If you signal to us by June 26, 2009 your intention to respond to this letter, we will await for your response before publishing it, provided it reaches us by July 12, 2009. Human Rights Watch is aware that Morocco has taken steps to recognize and promote the culture and heritage of its Amazigh (Berber) population, notably in creating the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture in Rabat in 2001.... Full story
The earth does not belongs to human beings; human beings belong to the earth All of humanity must work together to re-establish harmony and unity with the natural environment by implementing the Kyoto Protocol and creating a global governance system that respected and supported vegetable, mineral, animal, human and cosmic life, Nicolas Lucas Ticum, a Maya priest from Guatemala and a researcher on the Calendario Maya, told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, as it continued its eighth session.... Full story
Agad n tidt
The literary and poetic Amazigh field has been enriched recently by the publication of a new collection of poems by the poet Taieb Amgroud.
This collection entitled "agad n tidt" or the egg of truth comprising 31 poems on 60 pages is the second for the author after "inagan" which is being published by Ircam.
THOSE ARE descriptions of this collection of poems:
... Full story
Pakistani muslim cleric stand against Arab muslim cleric An influential Pakistani cleric issued a 600-page fatwa on March 2 writen in Urdu language and to be translated soon in english and arabic, described as an "absolute" condemnation of terrorism without "any excuses or pretexts."
Auteur: Moha Bouwawal Date : 2008-08-08 20:00:00
Silence in North Afrique we arabize Amazigh poeple, the process work perfectly it can sound genocide but in the name of Allah all thing is ok, . In Morocco ; In Algeria ; In Lybia-Siwa
North Africa
Arabization and linguistic politics in North Africa : in Morocco ; Algeria ; in Tunisia. Poeples in North Africa must always assume arabic face identity that we impose ?
Arabisme, what that that means?
Manifeste d'arabisation du Maroc du 23 Mai 1970. Les 493 intelectuels et hommes politiques de la gauche et de droite qui avaient demandé la déstruction d'un patrimoine de l'humanité qui est l'identité Amazighe!!
Berber Dahir
Pour mieux comprendre l'histoire du Maroc lire ce dossier spécial sur l'avant et l'aprés le dahir dit berbére. De 1914 à 2003 des documents historiques inédits. Les protégés de la France, l'angleterre, le wahabisme, le dahir de my youssef de 1914 et celui de Med V de 1930 .. ect
Yennayer
1, 2950 marks the Amazigh new year. The origin of Yennayer
refers to the first mention of the Amazigh people in historical
records: the founding by Amazigh Pharaoh Sheshonq I of the
22nd pharaonic dynasty in 950 BC, followed by the 23rd and
24th Amazigh pharaonic dynasties, over 200 years (950 BC-712
BC) of Amazigh rule in ancient Egypt. 
Toponymie is a science which studies places names (toponymes). It seeks their meaning, their etymology, but also their transformation throughout the centuries. We deal here with the toponymie of Tamazgha (North Africa):
Send a post-card to your friends with amzigh music 
Introduction: Egypt has always been regarded by the Egyptians as the cradle of the world "Oummou ddouniya. And by the "Arab world" as the cradle of ideologies that have always ignited it for 50 years : from Arab nationalism to today Islamism. And by the world as the leader and the door of the Arab world. Now look on the ground, Israel did not choose Egypt to make peace than no one had imagined? the same Egypt that ignited arabs a few years ago to throw all the Jews in the Mediterranean. Obama did not choose Cairo and not Rabat or Algiers to make his historic speech for the Arab and Muslim world that any American president ever did? Hadn’t he chosen, Cairo and not Rabat or Algiers, where a step toward tolerance, democracy and freedom of the press is really crossed over to a Middle East where people are just seeking elections -not yet fair ones- but just elections and sometimes even the women’s right to drive a simple car (...) On September 11, is the majority of terrorists from the middle east and just after it was Moroccans, Tunisians, Algerians and even Nigerians and never more Middle Eastern? (..). Egypt Has not built a wall that separates it from its own yesterday Arab brothers in Gaza? a wall that Israel hasn’t even built, too deeply to prevent even the subway contacts! (..) Cairo knows how and when to throw fire and water in the Muslim world, it had done before and after Camp David contract without harm alleging it knows handling the ropes. But behind those ropes, there is neither military power nor economic nor advanced technology? There is a simple Arabo-Islamist ideology! But soon and later this situation will still be valid after this North African identity raising that challenged that ideology? We listen here a viewpoint analyst from elsewhere, the Israeli civil society. It is an article published in the Israeli newspaper "The Jerusalem Report" last week; we republish it for North Africans readers given its importance and timeliness. A simple setting that ignores the North Africans, but in the international observer’s eyes is deeply strategic: why did all the peoples of North Africa -without exception- support the football Algerian National team against Egypt and not "Oummou ddouniya? ..... Redaction...
Moshe Benarroche, an Israeli-Amazigh poet, born in Tetuan, Morocco, in 1959, is one of the first Jews of North Africa who has publically acknowledged the Amazigh connection to Sephardic Jews (Jews of former Sefardia, i.e., Spain). In an interview, conducted by Karen Alkalay-Gut, Benarroche explains:
Before the Arab conquest of Morocco, there was complete tolerance of any cult in the country. Many Amazigh tribes converted to Judaism and Christianity (St. Augustine was an Amazigh), and probably all the Jews from Morocco and Spain are of Amazigh descent.
The movement for autonomy of Kabylia to organized a large demonstrations across Kabylie. See demonstrations here in photos in Bgayet
We are writing this initially private letter to you in the hope that you will respond in writing to the concerns we raise, so that we may reflect your answers when we make this letter public. If you signal to us by June 26, 2009 your intention to respond to this letter, we will await for your response before publishing it, provided it reaches us by July 12, 2009. Human Rights Watch is aware that Morocco has taken steps to recognize and promote the culture and heritage of its Amazigh (Berber) population, notably in creating the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture in Rabat in 2001.
All of humanity must work together to re-establish harmony and unity with the natural environment by implementing the Kyoto Protocol and creating a global governance system that respected and supported vegetable, mineral, animal, human and cosmic life, Nicolas Lucas Ticum, a Maya priest from Guatemala and a researcher on the Calendario Maya, told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, as it continued its eighth session.
The literary and poetic Amazigh field has been enriched recently by the publication of a new collection of poems by the poet Taieb Amgroud.
This collection entitled "agad n tidt" or the egg of truth comprising 31 poems on 60 pages is the second for the author after "inagan" which is being published by Ircam.
THOSE ARE descriptions of this collection of poems:
Arabization and linguistic politics in North Africa : in 
