Libyan Omar Aboud, from the ancient Amazigh (Berber) tribe, stands inside one of the surviving synagogues in the Berber village of Yafran in western Libya on July 13. For centuries, Jews lived among ...

Tens of thousands of ethnic Berbers in Algeria have taken over what was due to be an official ceremony marking a key date in the history of the country's independence war 45 years ago. The Berber ...

A HISTORY teacher in a Casablanca secondary school would appear an unlikely threat to North African Muslim orthodoxy. Yet Johadi Lhoucine is putting the finishing touches to a project liable to shake ...

Berbers in North Africa are heralding in the Amazigh New Year, with festivities showcasing traditional food, music and dance planned throughout the region. Friday marks the first day of the year 2968 ...

For most Americans, New Year's is fairly personal. It's a time to make resolutions and down some champagne — and it was also a couple of weeks ago. But for Berbers — the indigenous people of Northern ...

The glare of an arc lamp reveals a stretch of dirt track where, to the beat of a drum, villagers huddled in a circle sing in honor of the bride. In a house nearby, veiled and bejeweled, 17-year old ...

I have always been drawn to and interested in the Jewish history and culture of Morocco. I began to uncover some fantastic and even hidden places where the Jews once lived, traded, mingled, and even ...

Once they were called Barbarians by invading Romans RABAT "We are not Arabs; bring out the real history," hundreds of Moroccan Berbers chanted during Labour Day marches this year. In the capital, ...

On the five year anniversary of a controversial new family law code, Berber activists say that they have fewer rights and freedoms than they did before Moroccan independence, calling the 2004 code a ...