The Berber tribes have deep historical roots in North and sub-Saharan Africa, going back more than 20,000 years and pre-dating the Arab conquest of the region. Called the Amazigh which means ‘’Free ...

Morocco’s upcoming legislative elections represent an important moment in the country’s political and institutional development.

Protesters raise the flag of the Rif Republic (left) and the pan-Berber tricoleur (right) at a demonstration in the northern town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco, June 1, 2017. (Reuters / Youssef Boudlal) By ...

As a child, Mohammed Ait Amghar, a shopkeeper from the Azilal region in Morocco, could only speak his native language, Amazigh. In 1982, when he was 8 years old, he felt unwell in class, his teacher ...

KHEMISSET, Morocco - “All the governments since independence have shared the vision that Morocco is an Arabophone country, where there are only Arabs, and only one religion, Islam. This meant we had ...

In 1921, a small group of Amazigh fighters in Morocco crushed a large Spanish colonial army, paving the way for the establishment of the “Republic of the Rif”. Here is the story of the Rif revolt, an ...

To highlight the Palestinian cause, City Council of the Moroccan city of Agadir has decided unanimously to name streets after Palestinian cities, Moroccan media has reported. Most of the residents ...

Hundreds of people gathered in Morocco’s capital Rabat late on Saturday to mark the start of the Amazigh new year with a sit-in calling on the state to make the celebration a national holiday. Home to ...

This article is written by Mohammed Udern. It is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. As a child, ...