Tiznit or Tiznet (, Amazigh: ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ ) is a town in the southern Moroccan economic region of Souss-Massa-Drâa (# 13 ), founded in 1881 by the sultan Hassan I.

Modern Standard Arabic and the Amazigh language ( a standardized version of Moroccan Berber languages ) is the official language of the Moroccan administered part of Western Sahara.

From the Amazigh word Agnaw ( Gnawa in Darija Moroccan colloquial Arabic ) or from the Malian city Gana, the European words Guinea ( English ), Guinée ( French ), and Guinee ( Dutch ), were possibly likely derived.

** Amazigh ( A standardized version of all Moroccan Berber languages, official since July 2011 )

* Amazigh Democratic Party ( Parti démocrate amazigh ) was founded in 2005 in Rabat to promote, political secularism, and Berber cultural and social rights.

* ATTA, acronym of Akabar n Tagrawla d Tanemla Amazigh, or Berber Socialism and Revolution Party

Awjila is a unique ethnic community as the people are of Berber ( Amazigh ) origins.

In North Africa the Amazigh or Berber princes were ascendant due to Roman weakness outside the coastal cities.

The Berber ( Amazigh ) original word for " ksar " used in North Africa by the Berber-speaking populations is aghrem ( singular ) or igherman ( plural ).

Pastilla and The Tajine, a cooking vessel of Berber / Amazigh origin, is also a common denominator in this region, although what each nation defines as the resulting dish from being cooked in a tajine as well as the associated preparation methods, may be drastically different.

So, the name has been created to define an Amazigh / Berber Nation, even if the term is rarely used especially by pro-Arabo pro-Islamic Berbers against Arab domination and unity of their " Brother People ".

* Ben Saidi, A ( 2003 ) Amazigh Kateb Yassin discusses Maghreb Blues and Ghanawa Music-a diffusion of Berber, Arabic genres

After the destruction of Carthage, Lixus fell to Amazigh ( Berber ) control, reaching its zenith during the reign of the Amazigh king Juba II.

The " Berber flag " adopted by the Amazigh World Congress ( CMA, Agraw Amadlan Amazigh ) in 1998.

Berberism ( Amazigh: Timmuzgha ) is a political-cultural movement of Berber ethnic nationalism, found mainly in Kabylia, Algeria, and later in Morocco and West Africa.

The Amazigh World Congress ( CMA, Congrès Mondial Amazigh ; Agraw Amadlan Amazigh, amazighworld. org ) is an international Non-governmental organization with the purpose of providing a structure and international representation for ethnic Berber interests.

The restored Roman administration was successful in fending off the attacks of the Amazigh desert tribes, and by means of an extensive fortification network managed to extend its rule once again to the interior.

Unlike the Amazigh poet / musicians who preceded him, Matoub's style was direct and confrontational.

At this time the influence and power of the exarchate was exemplified in the forces gathered by Gregory in the battle of Sufetula also in that year where more than 100, 000 men of Amazigh origin fought for Gregory.

The peak of resistance reached by the exarchate with assistance from its Amazigh allies ( led by king Kaisula ait Lamazm ) was the victory over the forces of Uqba Ibn Nafia at the Battle of Biskra in 682.

The Amazigh tribe of Zwara was cited by al-Bakri in the 11th century, together with Louata, Lemaya, Nefusa, Mezata and Zouagha, as a tribe dwelling in the surroundings of the Gulf of Gabès.

Hundreds of Amazigh ( Berber ) associations have been created to defend their culture and identity in the last few decades in Morocco and Algeria.

Recently the Shawiya Amazigh language, together with Kabylian, has began to achieve some cultural prominence due to the Berber cultural and political movements in Algeria.

By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language ; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal institute of the Amazigh culture.

Blida pronvince has long time been the home of a cluster of Berber-speaking populations, namenly known Djebailia, Beni Salah and Beni Misrah, their Amazigh dialect known as Tamazight of Atlas Blida is particularly close to the Kabylian varieties spoken at the east of the Algiers province and has traditionally been an intermediate between its and the Chenoua language of the western part of the country.

At least a third of the population speaks the Amazigh language.

Aures ( Amazigh: Awras ) is an Amazigh language speaking geographical region in eastern Algeria.

19th century scholarship also connected the term to the ethnonym Amazigh.

Local rule passed through Amazigh, Phoenician, Punic, Roman, Umayyad, Idrisid, Almoravid, Almohad, Marinid, and then Wattasid rulers.

The culture in this little city is thus virtually divided into two halves ; one being European and the other Amazigh.

The problems associated with many enemies on various fronts ( the Visigoths in Spain, the Slavs and Avars in the Balkans, the Sassanid Persians in the Middle East, and the Amazigh in North Africa ) forced the imperial government to decentralize and devolve power to the former provinces.

The original religions of the Northern African peoples of the area seem to have been based and related with fertility cults of a strong Matriarchy pantheon, given the social and linguistic structures of the Amazigh cultures antedating all Egyptian and eastern, Asian, northern Mediterranean, and European influences.

The Rally for Culture and Democracy ( Amazigh: Agraw i Yidles d Tugdut ; ; RCD ) is a political party in Algeria.

With exceptions of Amazigh ( Singular ) and Imazighn ( Plural ) to mean noble and free.

Kateb Yacine is the father of three children, Hans, Nadia and Amazigh Kateb, singer for the band Gnawa Diffusion.

* Minuit passé de douze heures, écrits journalistiques 1947-1989, textes réunis par Amazigh Kateb, Paris, Editions du Seuil, 1999, 360 pages.

This ancient Amazigh city gradually grew in importance, later coming under Carthaginian domination.

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The victims came from 18 different countries, the majority being French or Congolese nationals: 54 French, 48 nationals of Republic of Congo, 25 Chadians, 9 Italians, 7 Americans, 5 Cameroonians, 4 Britons, 3 nationals of Zaire ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ), 3 Canadians, 2 Central Africans, 2 Malians, 2 Swiss, 1 Algerian, 1 Bolivian, 1 Belgian, 1 Greek, 1 Moroccan and 1 Senegalese.

In the run up to the November 2011 parliamentary elections, the USFP sought to present a united front with the Party of Progress and Socialism ( PPS ) and Democratic Forces Front ( FFD ) in order to reverse the loss of support for the Moroccan left in recent years.

This area is today divided by the Moroccan military berm, with Morocco occupying the parts to the west of it, and the Polisario Front-held Free Zone, under the control of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to the east.

After Moroccan independence in 1956 and the death of King Mohammed V, the government of King Hassan II laid claim on several territories, successfully ( re ) acquiring the Tarfaya Strip, after the Ifni War with Spain, and much of the territory around Ceuta and Melilla, as well as the acquisition of much of Spanish Sahara after Spain handed the territory to Morocco and Mauritania ( see the Madrid Accords, it is still currently under dispute with the Polisario front who claim it as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic