In this interview, Moroccan researcher Brahim El Guabli emphasizes the significant role Moroccan women played during the «Years of Lead», both as victims of political repression and as active participants in resisting state violence. The researcher also discusses rehabilitating Amazigh cultural production, historical marginalization of Amazigh culture due to aggressive Arabization policies, and the importance of fully integrating Tamazight into educational systems and public life.
Two researchers discovered hundreds of thousands of arraten documents, indigenous legal contracts, in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, offering deep insights into Amazigh social, legal, and economic history. They estimate that up to 500,000 arraten may still be hidden, emphasizing the importance of preserving this unique cultural heritage.
Lunja and the ogress is an Amazigh folktale that tells the story of the journey of a young woman who was fostered by a Gula. With many variations across Morocco and the Maghreb reflects the transit from an ancient matriarchal culture to a newer, male-dominated one.
Morocco produces an average of 1,741 books annually, with Arabic being the dominant language. A recent report by the King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Foundation for Islamic Studies and the Humanities reveals that the Amazigh language accounts for only about 1% of publications each year.