Donkeys and Mules—Motors of the High Atlas Mountains
Aomar Boom describes the centrality of donkeys and mules to life in the unforgiving earthquake-shattered terrain of the High Atlas Mountains.
Category: Amazigh
Disaster and Language—the Disarticulation of Seismic Pain in Tamazight
Brahim El Guabli argues that Morocco's disaster survivors must be able to communicate in their mother tongue.
Death is a Traitor: Living the Morocco Earthquake from the US
Moroccan Amazigh scholar Brahim El Guabli learned that his family in Ouarzazate lost their home in the earthquake that hit Friday night.
Resilience Amidst the Ruins: Nfis Valley Endures After the Quake
A Moroccan scholar from the earthquake region, Aomar Boum, and his UCLA colleague Sarah A. Stein, provide more context on the Atlas Mountains communities hit by the temblor.
World Picks: Festival Arabesques in Montpellier
The largest festival of Arab and North African music takes place each year in Montpellier: Arabesques is quite the two-week extravaganza.
Translation and Indigeneity—Amazigh Culture from Treason to Revitalization
Brahim El-Guabli identifies how Amazigh activists have engaged with translation to revitalize their threatened language and culture.