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From now on, anyone, member or not who wishes to support ACAA can do it through this website while using their favorite credit card. Each payment costs a small fee to ACAA (deducted from the payment total), but it buys us all convenience that we hope will make it easier for many people to support the many good things ACAA does.
Tiddukla tadelsant tamaziɣt deg Marikan tura tezmer ad teṭṭef lexlas nnwen s tkarḍiwin usebru. Tikarḍiwin ak ittwassnen am Visa, American Express, Discover, atg… ad ttwaqeblent.
Wid iran a d-fken tallalt i tiddukla tura zemren a t-ggen seg wexxam nnsen, fiḥel tabṛatt fiḥel tamber.
Eddut ɣer teclalt “Donate”, dinna ad tafem abuṭun “Donate" ma ttekkam fellas a ken-yawi ɣer usebter n lkunt n tiddukla ɣur Paypal. Dinna tzmerem ad tessersem ayen tram a t-id-fkem i tiddukla. S kra n tikelt ara d-xelles tiddukla seg lkunt n PayPal, attan ad tefk cwiṭ n isurdiyen i PayPal. Ɣas akka a nexser acemma, nessaram belli abrid-a d abrid ara yessehlen tukci i tiddukla. Ad tishil teswiɛt i tiddukla, ad tishil teswiɛt i wid inwan belli tiddukla-ya tuklal tallalt ɣef wayen i ttegg.
Member of ACAA Amor Nouri wanted to give an homage to two important entities that affected him deeply and did it the American way. In the United States, many people express gratititude, thanks or donate to projects of interest to the public while being recognized through a message or an inscription on a marble plaque, on a public bench, or even on a paver. This is the way Amor Nouri has chosen to remember forever:
- Dda Lmulud (Mouloud Mammeri), the father of Tamazight
- The Victims of Kabylia's Black Spring (Tafsut Taberkant) where more than 125 young people were killed by the Algerian government for their revolt againt social injustice and marginalization of the Amazigh identity.
The following messages were inscribed on brick pavers that Amor Nouri sponsored for The Delaware Peninsula:
- "In Mermory of Mouloud Mammeri, Father of Tamazight"
- "In Mermoriam. Heroes of Freedom. Kabylia Black Spring 2001"
Here is a picture of the Peninsula, Delaware, where the brick pavers have been installed.
Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou, illustrated by Julie Klear Eskalli
As young Nora waits impatiently for her mother to come home from work and for her father to serve the long-simmering couscous that smells so delicious, her father tells her about his childhood in Morocco. During a famine, when Nora's grandfather had to travel far to find work and bring food for the family, her father learned the valuable life lessons of patience, perseverance, and hope.
The Butter Man is a Junior Library Guild selection.
THE BUTTER MAN
Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou
Charlesbridge
February 2008
ISBN 978-1-58089-127-1
Order the Butter Man from ACAA by contacting ACAA.
Charlesbridge has just published a new children's book whose story is based in a small Amazigh village of the Atlas mountains of Morocco. The book was written by Elizabeth and Ali Alalou. This is a great story for children and it may be the first children's book that tells a story about an Amazigh child.
The publisher contacted us with an offer to sell us the book at a very good discount. But before we can place an order we would like to get an idea how many people would like to buy it. Below is a summary from the Alalou's website.
ACAA will sell it to you for $12 including shipping and handling.
Argaz nni bu wudi
Tagi d tamacahutt n yiwen weqcic d amaziɣ n Merruk. Tura-tt Elizabeth d Ali Alalou. Tiẓrigin Charlesbridge i d-yessufɣen adlis-a rant ad aɣ-senzen adlis-a s kra n rrxa. Ihi win iran ad yaɣ adlis-a ad aɣ-d-yini akken a nkmandi ayen ilaqen ɣer Teẓrigin.Tzemrem ad teɣrem akessar-a ayen d-ittwuran ɣef udlis-a deg wesmel n Elzabeth d Ali Lalou.Tiddukla ad awen-tesenz adlis-a $12 (azal n uceggaɛ yedda-d).
Azemz
As n 19 Yebrir, 2008
3:00 allama d 11:00 n yiḍ.
Amḍiq
Days Inn, Hillsborough, NJ
118 US Highway 206
Hillsborough NJ 08844
Tel.: 908 685 9000
Tagburt:
Tafsut tayeḍ i Imaziɣen
Tamdyazt
Aznuzu n yedlisen n tmaziɣt
Asaru Awezzlan: Ansi d-kkiɣ, anda tedduɣ sɣur Ḥasen Zenya, a d-yili debat deffir-s akd Ḥasen Zenya.
Tamsalt n tmaziɣt di tmurt n Lezzayer
Imensi*
Aẓawan sɣur tarbaɛt Gibraltar
Aḥerri n imukan:
$20/amdan, $10 i warrac n ugar 12 iseggasen (seddaw 12 ad kecmen baṭel).
Ttxil-nwen ḥerret imukan nnwen d umatu s usiwel ɣer: (215) 886-0563 neɣ aznet amayl i nasserhus@yahoo.com
Ma yella ur wen-d-yerra yiwen di tilifun, ǧǧet-ed izen anida ara ɣ-d-fkem isem nnwen d wacḥal inebgawen (imeqqranen d imeẓyanen).
* Tuččit tettwahegga sɣur imaslaḍen n tiddukla. Nessutur deg inebgawen ad d-rnun kra n tuččit (asegri, tiẓidanin, neɣ cclaḍa).
DATE:
Saturday, April 19, 2008
3:00 to 11:00 PM.
PLACE:
Days Inn, Hillsborough, NJ
118 US Highway 206
Hillsborough NJ 08844
Tel.: 908 685 9000
PROGRAM:
Another Tafsut for Imazighen
Amazigh Poetry
Amazigh Book Sale
Short Film: Ansi d-kkigh, anda teddugh (where I came from, where I am going) A short film by Hacene Zennia followed by a discussion with the author
Tamazight Issues in Algeria
Break for dinner*
Live music with the Gibraltar band
RESERVATIONS:
$20 Adults, $10 for Children 12 and over. Please reserve as soon as possible by calling (215) 886-0563 or emailing nasserhus@yahoo.com If you don't get an answer, please leave your name and number and the total number of guests (Please specify number of adults and kids).
* Food will be provided by ACAA members, but everyone is asked to bring a dish to share with others (dessert, cookies or a salad).
The English Version follows
If you wish to read Tamaziɣt, please make sure you have the font "Gentium" installed on your system.
Win iran ad iɣer iḍrisen s tmaziɣt, ilaq ad isɛu isekkilen n "Gentium" di tmacint-is.
Melmi: Ass n Sebt wis 19 deg Yebrir 2008
Seg 4 n tmeddit alami d 9 n yiḍ
Anida: Hub Restaurant
6325 120th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53142
Phone: 262-857-9799
Ay imaslaḍen/tmaslaḍin , imdukkal/timdukkal n Imaziɣen, Tiddukla Tadelsant Tamaziɣt deg Marikan (ACAA) tera a wen d-ssaweḍ isali belli aseggas-a asmekti n tefsut imaziɣen 2008 deg tama n Chicago ad-yili ass wis 19 n Yebrir 2008 (April 19, 2008), deg Hub Restaurant, i yellan deg Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Restaurant Hub izga azal n 30-40 iminuten agafa n unafag O’Hare. At Hub ad fesren taxxamt n usmekti n tefsut, ihi atan, ACAA tɛereḍ meṛṛa imaslaḍen/timasladin ines d imdukkal/temdukkal n Tmaziɣt i wesmekti-ya n tefsut 2008. Nessarem aṭas degwen ara d-yasen. Txil-nwen erret-d awal s tačart n webform yellan di "Contact Us", neɣ azenet-ed amayl ɣur anatugana@comcast. net neɣ rabah_97@yahoo. com ma tram a d-tasem.
Azal n tekcumi $25 i yal amdan ameqran, arrac sddaw 12 iseggasen $15. Ilaq a nefk leḥsab n inebgiwen ara d-yasen ger wesmekti n tefsut i Hub ɣef wakka txil nwen azenet-d azal n tekcumi nwen ɣer tiddukla qbel n wis 12 deg Yebrir 2008.
Hatta tegburt n wesmekti n tefsut 2008:
4:00-5:00 n tmeddit: Ansuf d temlilit n inebgiwen
5:00-6:00 n tmeddit: tameslayt ɣef tlufa n Tmaziɣt, aznuzu n yedlisen, tafsart n tmudmin (photo)
6:00-7:00 n tmeddit: Imensi n tefsut
7:00-9:00 n tmeddit: Tigawin tidelsanin ɣef
Tmaziɣt: Awal ɣef tefsut, taɣuri n isefra d tmucuha.
Nessaram aṭas degwen ara d-yasen ɣer usmekti n tefsut 2008. Ihi s wul zeddigen tafsut yeǧǧuǧgen.
Akli Gana
Ɣef wudem n temnaṭ tis-5 (talemmast) n ACAA
Abrid ɣer Hub Restaurant
Seg unafag O’Hare, ekcem “294 North” ad tuɣal d “94 West”, eddut ɣer tufɣa tis-344 neɣ “Highway 50 East”, eddut azal n 100 iɣallen (50 meters) ad teẓrem deg tama tazelmat “Shell Gas Station” kcemt i tama tazelmat i webrid n zdat n “Shell Gas Station” (118th avenue, iteddun lewhi n Highway 94) eddut ad tafem deg tama tayeffust “Woodman Shopping Center”, Texas Road House Restaurant, Little Europe Restaurant, azal n 200 iɣalen (100 meters) seg Little Europe ad tafem Hub Restaurant deg tama tayeffust.
Ma tusamed seg “94 North” effeɣt deg tufɣa tis-344 neɣ “Highway 50 East”, egget ama ayen i d-nenna iwsawen.
A ɣ-d-taffem dinna.
Commemoration of Tafsut 2008
Date and time: Saturday April 19 2008, from
4:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.
Place: Hub’s Restaurant
6325 120th Avenue
Kenosha, WI 53142
Phone: 262-857-9799
Dear ACAA Member,
We would like to inform you that ACAA is commemorating tafsut 2008 on Saturday April 19, 2008. It will take place on Saturday April 19 2008, at Hub’s Restaurant in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is about 30-40 minutes North of the O’Hare airport. All members and friends of Tamazight are invited and we hope that many of you will be able to attend.
Agenda:
4:00-5:00 p.m.: Welcome and reception
5:00-6:00 p.m.: Discussion on Amazigh issues, book sale, photo exhibit.
6:00-7:00 p.m.: Dinner
7:00-9:00 p.m.: Short introduction on the significance of Tafsut for the Amazigh people, poetry reading, story telling, photo exhibit.
The entrance fee is: $25 per adult person. Children under 12 pay $15.
We hope that you can join us at this commemoration. To help us better plan for this event please confirm your attendance by filling out the webform in "Contact Us" or by sending email to anatugana@comcast. net or rabah_97@yahoo. com.
ACAA needs to provide the number of guests to the Restaurant in advance, for this reason, please confirm your reservation by Saturday April 12, 2008.
Note: if you confirm your attendance and you do not show up you will still have to pay.
See you on April 19, 2008.
Thanks
Akli Gana
For ACAA Central Region (5)
Directions to the Hub Restaurant
From O’Hare airport take 294 North, which becomes 94 West to exit 344 it is also the exit for Highwa y 50. Go East (right) on Highway 50. Afterabout 50 meters you will see on your left a “Shell Gas Station” turn left into the street (avenue 118) in front of the “Shell Gas station”, proceed on that street. You will see on your right the Woodman Shopping Center, the Texas Road House restaurant, then the Little Europe Restaurant and 100 meters after Little Europe you will find the Hub Restaurant on the right side.
If you come on 94 North, proceed to exit Highway 50 and proceed East (left) and then follow the directions given above.
See you on Saturday April 19, 2008.
Qimet deg talwit
Amyaru Racid Ɛellic immut!
Racid iwweḍ s anida ara naweḍ ak! 55 iseggasen di tudert-is.
Racid seg wid inejren abrid ɣer tira i tmaziɣt. Yura adlis amezwaru s teqbaylit: “Asfel” i d-yeffɣen deg useggas 1980. Racid illa d anelmad n Dda Lmulud, si terbaɛt n wid irẓan asalu i izerfan n tmaziɣt.
I imawlan-is d twacult-is, nessaram tazmert akken ad ṣebren fellas. I Racid nessaram rsen yeɣsan-is yestaɛfa.
Ruḥ a Racid, staɛfu tura. Ma d nekni ur k-ntettu!
ACAA will commemorate the Amazigh Spring for the East coast region on April 19th in Hillsborough New Jersey.
Date and time: April 19th 2008, 2:00PM-12:00PM
Place: Days Inn, Hillsborough
118 Route 206, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Tel: 908-685-9000
www.daysinnhillsborough.com
Everyone is invited. Participants are asked to bring their favorites dishes to share with everyone. Details of the commemoration will be provided as soon as available (please check back here or contact ACAA). If you wish to attend, please make a reservation by sending email to nasserhus@yahoo.com or use the web form under "Contact Us"
For directions to Days Inn Hillsborough NJ, please go to:
google.com/maps , mapquest.com, or www.daysinnhillsborough.com
The Tamazight Teachers Association of Tizi-Uzzu issued the following press release on February 28th to announce that it will be holding a full day protest on March 3, 2008 in front of the Tizi-Uzzu Board of Education offices. The Tamazight Teachers association states that it is tired of the practices of the Board that consisted so far of ignoring all of the problems that the Tamazight teachers are confronted with. Even the directives of the Ministry of education are arbitrarily ignored. Back in January it was the Tamazight teachers association of Bgayet that organized a protest to call for the reintegration of Education Inspector Yahia Belli.
Tiddukla n yiselmaden n tutlayt tamaziɣt n Tizi-Uzzu
Association des enseignants de Tamazight de Tizi-Ouzou
Immeuble CRMA 80, Av. Abane Ramdane, Local n° 08. BP. 30, Tizi-Ouzou
E. Mail : iselmaden.tamazight@gmail.com
Tél. 07.73.37.30.76
DECLARATION
Depuis sa création, l’Association des enseignants de Tamazight de la wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou a toujours privilégié le dialogue et la concertation avec la tutelle. Dans ce cadre, après différentes réunions de travail au niveau du Ministère de l’Education Nationale plusieurs acquis ont été arrachés, notamment :
- L’introduction de tamazight dans le cycle primaire.
- L’application d’une stratégie visant la généralisation progressive de cet enseignement dans tous les niveaux.
- L’accord d’un cœfficient de 02 pour tous les paliers.
- L’ouverture de plusieurs dizaines de postes budgétaires.
Tous ces points ont été clairement mentionnés dans deux circulaires émanant du MEN, à savoir :
- La circulaire n° 446, datant de novembre 2006.
- La circulaire n° 426, datant de juillet 2007.
Mais il se trouve que la plupart de ces acquis ont été remis en cause par la Direction de l’Education de la wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou.
Jusqu’au jour d’aujourd’hui, le dossier du primaire est géré d’une façon opaque et anarchique. En plus de cela, les enseignants subissent au quotidien un mépris de la part des services concernés auquel s’ajoute l’attitude autoritaire et hautaine de plusieurs inspecteurs zélés des circonscriptions du primaire qui refusent arbitrairement l’application des circulaires du MEN.
Malgré l’ouverture de plusieurs dizaines de postes budgétaires, la généralisation de l’enseignement de tamazight telle que promise par le Ministère de l’Education tarde toujours à voir le jour et ce malgré la réunion de toutes les conditions nécessaires.
Depuis l’introduction de tamazight dans le système éducatif algérien en 1995, le nombre de postes ouvert dans le secondaire n’a pas changé d’un iota. Cette situation s’est malheureusement répercutée sur les élèves du Moyen qui, après quatre années d’assiduité et un résultat au BEM 2007 plus qu’honorable ( + 80% de réussite en tamazight), se retrouvent sans enseignement de cette matière au lycée, combien même revendiquée par ces élèves et leurs parents.
Toujours dans le cadre de la concertation et du dialogue, plusieurs réunions de travail ont été tenues avec les responsables de la Direction de l’Education de Tizi-Ouzou pour tenter de trouver des solutions à ces différents problèmes. Mais il se trouve que ces responsables n’ont jamais essayé de donner une suite favorable à nos différentes doléances, mais ils ont toujours préféré manœuvrer dans l’unique objectif de calmer les esprits en nous berçant de toutes les promesses possibles qui n’ont jamais été concrétisées.
A ce jour, la situation financière et administrative de la majorité des enseignants de tamazight reste pendante.
Face à cet état de fait, l’Association des enseignants de tamazight de la wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou ne cesse de s’interroger sur les véritables raisons de ce blocage qu’elle assimile à un pur blocage et interpelle les autorités compétentes pour intervenir afin de trouver les solutions qui s’imposent.
Vu le mutisme de notre tutelle, l’Association des enseignants de tamazight de la wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou se trouve dans l’obligation, étant donné que toutes les autres voies ont été épuisées, d’organiser une journée de protestation le lundi 03 mars 2008 au niveau de la Direction de l’Education de Tizi-Ouzou.
Tizi-Ouzou, le 28 février 2008
Once more in a part of Morocco that may be labeled as worthless, freedom of expression and demonstration are paid at the price of fallacious charges and unacceptable sentences. Ten Amazigh activists were arrested and sentenced Thursday February 21, 2008 by the court of Morocco to a total of 34 years in prison. These ruthless sentences were handed down following the widespread protest that became known as “Tagrest Taberrkant” (the “Black Winter") of Bumal-n-Dades and of the demonstrations of Warzazat. Here is the verdict rendered by the Makhzenian justice!
- OUDALI Younes, high-school student: 6 years of imprisonment.
- OROUZANE Brahim and AIT-HSSEIN Mohamed (immigrants) 1-year imprisonment each.
- OUBALI El-Houssein, ATIL Mostafa, ELOUARDI Mostafa, AIT-SAID My Brahim, CHAOUKI Mimoun, CHARIF Abdenacer: 4-year imprisonment each.
Worst of all, the teenager ADJIK Noureddine, a high school student was not even given the benefit of a deferred sentence so that he could complete his schooling. He got 2 years!
For the record, these activists were arrested and accused of the following: Unauthorized gatherings, civil disobedience, burning of the national flag, obstruction of public spaces, destruction of state property, humiliation of a civil servant while on duty. Clearly nothing that deserves more than a fine and perhaps a few days of community service…in a civilized country. The list of victims of the Moroccan style apartheid goes on.
These Let us recall that ten political prisoners of the MCA (Amazigh Cutural Movement) in Ameknas still await - after a new postponement - their turn in front of judges that are helpless under the pressure of the Makhzen.
Source: www.asekka.net
Translated from French by ACAA
The Amazigh new year was celebrated on the 19th of January, 2008 at the Cambridge YWCA. The attendance was fair (about 65 participants). A rich program was presented by the local Morrocan community that I would like to thank for its commitment. Credit is due to Mustapha Mahfoudi and Addi Ouadderrou who prepared the program for the evening.
The program included:
- A talk on the significance of Yennayer given by Mokhtar from Vermont,
- Ahwac, a traditional dance and songs from the the Atlas Mountains presented by a group led by Addi (Boston, MA),
- A fashion show of traditional Amazigh costumes from Algeria and Moroco. This show was presented by Addi,
- A Morrocan-Amazigh Rug was donated by Addi and auctioned for the benefit of ACAA,
- Live Music by AZA, an Amazigh Morrocan group from California
- A Morrocan couscous dinner
Last but not least, the room was beautifully decorated with Amazigh arts and crafts. For this portion, our thanks go to Addi for his deidcation. Addi is a owner of a boutique of Morrocan craftsmanship in Somerville, MA.
I would like to add that this event showed the possibility for our association to act truly as a Pan-Amazigh organization. It also showed the necessity to remobilize our community.
Arezki Boudif
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