2001-03-16 04:00:00 PDT Rabat, Morocco-- A war of words over the Berber and Arabic languages is heating up in Morocco, threatening to divide the kingdom in much the same way the battle between French ...

The new law is designed to cement use of Berber - alongside Arabic - by government administration. Moroccan lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill that confirms the Berber language's official ...

AZDINE, Morocco - One of Said Lakenizaa's two remaining cows fell sick and died last year as he led it down the steep dirt track from his village in Morocco's Atlas mountains. It was the second time ...

The Berber language is being taught in Moroccan schools for the first time from Monday. The classes will be taught in just a few hundred primary schools to begin with, but the government says the aim ...

Abderrazaq Mihamou, a Berber from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco is an expert in novel techniques for language learning. He has teamed up with a group of researchers and linguists to put together an ...

AZDINE, MoroccoAZDINE, Morocco — One of Said Lakenizaa’s two remaining cows fell sick and died last year as he led it down the steep dirt track from his village in Morocco’s Atlas mountains to the ...

Youssef Diab drives his truck through the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, singing catchy songs in a local Berber dialect that clings to life despite the dominance of Arabic. The UN has classified Siwi, the ...

PRESIDENT Abdelaziz Bouteflika has announced that the Berber language would become an official language in Algeria alongside Arabic after leaders of the large Berber minority called for a boycott of ...

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