The Algerian state that they helped create in a bitter anti-colonial war with France became a colonial state itself, they ...
Africa’s name does not descend from the epistemic centers of Athens or Rome. The continent carries a name originating not from Greek philosophers or Roman conquerors, but from the indigenous Amazigh ...
A once-domed 10th-century reception hall with an octagon-shaped pool at the center was part of the hammam in Aghmat.(Sara Toth Stub) Fifteen years ago, retired archaeologist Ronald Messier, who had ...
Abderrazaq Mihamou, a Berber from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco is an expert in novel techniques for language learning. He has teamed up with a group of researchers and linguists to put together an ...
The name Africa has roots in Latin, Greek, and possibly even Berber languages. It evolved over centuries through conquest, geography, and ancient empires. President Trump announces seizure of ...
Sometimes you have to travel far to be reminded of where you come from. I have just returned from Morocco, where I spent the past month soaking up the country’s beauty, culture and, most definitely, ...
Africa, the cradle of human civilization, with a population of 1.2 billion, or 16% of the world’s population, in 54 nations, is the most culturally diverse continent. It spreads over about 6% of Earth ...
For more than two thousand years, Jews and Berbers (Amazigh) lived together across the lands of North Africa, building communities, sharing languages, trading in the markets, and celebrating side by ...
former Great synagogue of Oran (Algeria), built in 1880 and transformed into the Abdallah Ibn Salam Mosque in 1975. For more than two thousand years, Jews and Berbers (Amazigh) lived together across ...
IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ...