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Berbers, Resisting And Defending Their Culture (work in progress),<\/strong> 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Ferhat Bouda<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Unrecognized, dispersed, marginalized, the Berbers are everywhere and have long been threatened in their identity and culture. The Imazighen (plural of Amazigh, “free man”), as they should be called to avoid the colonial term Berber, are imposing themselves as a culture in resistance. It brings together 32 million women and men from the Canary Islands to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, through Morocco and Algeria, the two countries that are home to the largest tribes. Tuaregs, Rifans, Kabyles, Chleuhs, Chaouis and other Berber peoples, despite many differences, come together around a culture that cuts across communities: a relatively democratic social organization, language, an unshakeable link to the land, a sense of community, a relationship to the sacred, hospitality and of course the will to maintain their cultural diversity. Today, this resistance in their identity is still relevant today, weakened by the unstable balance in the region between threats from terrorist organizations and attempts by governments to unify the culture of their states.<\/p>\n

As their identity is constantly being questioned, the Berber people rise up against their disappearance and fight to preserve their culture and traditions. As a non-Arab civilization, not in line with the logic of the nation-state adopted by some governments after colonization, Berber culture is suspected of heresy by Muslim powers. The hope and the future of these peoples rests entirely on the transmission of the values of this millennial culture to future generations. By documenting the life of the Berbers, the project of Ferhat Bouda is part of this approach: trying to understand, show and make known in order to fight for the preservation of their memory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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