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Their descendants today are the Shilha. [10] [11] In the 12th century, the Masmuda of the mountains and the plains united together in support of the religious preacher Ibn Tumart who himself belonged to the Hargha, a tribe of the Masmuda. [12] [13] This union forged the Almohad Caliphate. Another dynasty of Masmuda origin was the Hafsids of ...
Today, the term "Berber" is viewed as pejorative by many who prefer the term "Amazigh". [54] Since the late 20th century, a trans-national movement – known as Berberism or the Berber Culture Movement – has emerged among various parts of the Berber populations of North Africa to promote a collective Amazigh ethnic identity and to militate ...
Berbere Television started in January 2000 under the name BRTV (Berber Radio Television). This channel is devoted to the discovery of the Berber world and openness to the world of culture. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day since spring 2004. The channel has co-produced the film The forgotten hill which is now its property
The Kabyle people (/ k ə ˈ b aɪ l /, Kabyle: Izwawen or Leqbayel or Iqbayliyen, pronounced [iqβæjlijən], Arabic: القبائل, romanized: al-qabā'il) [12] [13] are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to Kabylia in the north of Algeria, spread across the Atlas Mountains, 160 kilometres (100 mi) east of Algiers.
Many of today's prominent Kabyle politicians and activists made their name during the Berber Spring events, and organizations such as the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) and the Berber Cultural Movement (Mouvement Culturel Berbère – MCB) were later created by activists of the Spring. The Spring was also an important event for Algeria's ...
Berber Jews Udayen Imaziɣen; Languages •Liturgical: Mizrahi Hebrew •Traditional: Berber; also Judeo-Arabic with Judeo-Berber as a contact language •Modern: typically the language of whatever country they now reside in, including Modern Hebrew in Israel
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Berber Academy is primarily associated with Algerian activist Mohand Arav Bessaoud, who formed the group with a small group of "Kabyle luminaries from the worlds of scholarships, arts, and politics," including Ramdane Haifi, Mouloud Mammeri, Mohand Saïd Hanouz, and singer Taos Amrouche, who hosted their first meeting in her home in Paris.