RABAT (Reuters) - When Hassna Amzil's parents speak their original language of Amazigh, she struggles to follow as part of a generation whose families moved from Morocco's mountains to its ...

The Amazigh new year, known as Yennayer, begins between 12 and 14 January - depending on the area in which they live in ...

People express their best wishes for the new year by saying: "Aseggas Ameggaz" or "Yennayer Amrvouh (Happy New Year)". Yennayer is about living in harmony with nature despite its potential to create ...

Yennayer, also known as Id Yennayer or Id Suggas (meaning “night of the year”), is the first month of the indigenous Berber (Amazigh) calendar, marking the Amazigh New Year. The very name “Yennayer” ...

RABAT, May 3 (Reuters) - Morocco's royal palace said on Wednesday the start of the Amazigh year will be an official paid holiday much to the delight of Amazigh activists who campaigned for decades for ...

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 ...

As Morocco celebrates Yennayer 2976, the Amazigh New Year that became an official public holiday three years ago, the nation’s gaze turns decisively toward tonight’s AFCON semi-final against Nigeria ...

This newcomer formed an alliance at the end of 2020 with two political parties that are members of the government majority, the Rassemblement National des Indépendants (RNI) and the Mouvement ...

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: The earthquake in Morocco killed thousands and demolished entire villages in the country's Atlas Mountains. This area that was hardest hit is home to the Amazigh, the indigenous ...

RABAT (Reuters) - 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 ...

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, ...