Tamesmunt tamettit tadelsant Tilelli Association Socioculturelle Tilelli Maison de Jeunes, Goulmima (Maroc) BP 69, Goulmima Email: tilelli.org@gmail.com
PRESS RELEASE The Meknes Court of Appeals handed down sentences of 10 years in prison and fnes of 50,000 Dhs on November 25, 2009 to each of the two detainees OUADOCH Amazigh Hamid and Mustapha OUSAÏA.
Although these Amazigh activists are innocent of the crime they were charged with, despite the absence of concrete evidence of their guilt and despite the evidence in favor of their innocence, the Makhzenian "justice" wanted to make of them common law prisoners at all costs.
The Sociocultural Association Tilelli, while commending the courage and strength of these two political prisoners, firmly denounces these judgments as false and repressive Makhzenian policy against the Amazigh people.
Convinced that union is the only way to pressure the Makhzen to release the Amazigh cause prisoners, the Tilelli association calls on all actors of the Amazigh Cultural Movement to avoid any form of segregation or tribalism that the Arabist regime is trying to introduce into the ranks of the young Amazigh activists.
Tilelli also appeals to all the independent Amazigh associations, human rights organizations and anyone who strives for justice to offer a helping hand both morally and materially to the prisoners and their families. Finally, Tilelli reaffirms its commitment to the peaceful and civil struggle to recover the legitimate rights of the Amazigh people.
Issued at Tizi-n-Imnayen (Goulmima) on December 12, 2009.
Tiddukla tadelsant tamaziɣt deg Marikan tessaram-awen aseggas amaynu ifulkin. Wid iqerben ɣer Boston, tettwaɛrḍem ɣer imensi n Yennayer. Tekkit ɛef tewlaft agi akken ad teɣrem d acu d-tenna Tiddukla.
Tekkit ɣefubuṭun "Buy Now" swadda agi ma tram a d-taɣem atiki ($15/amdan) ɣer tmeɣra agi n Boston.
Tameɣra n Yennayer a d-tili deg kra n imeḍqan deg Marikan. Uɣalet-ed ɣer wesmel nneɣ ma yella tettnadim isallen ɣef tmeɣriwin agi. Isallen yellan a ten-id-nerr dagi.
The Amazigh Cultural Association in America wishes you a very happy new year. ACAA invites you to join it at the celebration of Yennayer in Boston. Please click on the "Buy Now" button below to purchase a ticket ($15/person).
Other celebrations will take place in other places all around the country. Information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
Sorry, the event ticket sale is closed. If still plan to attend, you may still purchase a ticket at the door the day of the event.
For Immediate Release Civil Registrars Refuse to Record Newborns Whose Names Are ‘Not Moroccan’
(Washington, DC, September 3, 2009) – Morocco should stop interfering with the right of its citizens to give Amazigh names to their children, Human Rights Watch said today.
Numerous Moroccans living in cities and villages around the kingdom and abroad who chose Amazigh first names for their newborns have been refused when they applied at local civil registrars to record those names. Human Rights Watch wrote a letter to the interior minister, Chekib Benmoussa on June 16, 2009 detailing five such cases and soliciting an explanation. There was no response.
“Morocco has taken steps to recognize Amazigh cultural rights,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “It now needs to extend that recognition to the right of parents to choose the name of their child.”
Morocco’s Law on the Civil Registry stipulates that a first name must have “a Moroccan character.” Local administrators apparently interpret that requirement to mean names that are Arabic-Islamic, even though the Amazigh people are native to Morocco. The law gives parents the right to appeal a refusal in court and to the High Commission of the Civil Registry. Over the years, the commission has ruled on dozens of Amazigh, European, and other non-Arabic-Islamic names, accepting some and rejecting others.
The five cases documented in the Human Rights Watch letter, involving both residents of Morocco and émigrés living abroad, resulted ultimately in victories for the parents. But they succeeded only after bureaucratic delays and lengthy appeals, sometimes enduring hostile or humiliating questions from Moroccan civil servants and the insecurity of having a newborn who, for months, had no legal identity.
“We are happy that these parents prevailed, but no couple should have to fight their government, at this special time in their life, to be able to name their baby,” Whitson said.
On August 26, a first instance court in Tahla (province of Taza) court approved an Amazigh name in a sixth case, allowing Abdallah Bouchnaoui and Jamila Aarrach, to name their five-month-old daughter “Tiziri,” which means “moon” in Tamazight, the Amazigh language. The victory came only after the couple, who live in the commune of Zerarda in the Middle Atlas, had endured months of uncertainty.
For a seventh couple, the uncertainty continues. On March 11, Rachid Mabrouky went to the civil registry in the Saâda district of Marrakesh to register his two-day-old daughter as “Gaïa.” Mabrouky told Human Rights Watch that the official on duty refused to accept the name, contending that it was “not Moroccan.” Mabrouky went to the civil registry at the city’s prefecture, only to be told the same thing.
When he explained that the name “Gaïa” was Amazigh and therefore Moroccan, the agent on duty persisted in his refusal, exclaiming, “You Amazigh are all fanatics,” Mabrouky said. Mabrouky and his wife, Lucile Zerroust, who is French, filed a case in administrative court, where the case is still pending. “Gaïa” is the name of an ancient Berber prince.
Parents of an infant who is not recorded by the civil registrar may face obstacles when applying for a passport for the child, reimbursement by state medical insurance, or other services. Parents who persist in demanding that the government record Amazigh names tend to be Amazighs who are politically active. They say that for every couple like themselves, there are others who avoid giving their children Amazigh names, fearing a humiliating refusal from local officials followed by administrative problems.
The Amazigh are the indigenous people of North Africa and are overwhelmingly Muslim. Today, the two largest Amazigh populations are in Morocco and Algeria, where some are actively engaged in seeking cultural, linguistic, and political rights. In 2001, King Mohammed VI of Morocco created a Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture and began a program to teach the Tamazight language in schools.
Several Moroccans who are Amazigh told Human Rights Watch that when civil registry agents are presented with uncommon first names, they consult lists prepared periodically by the High Commission of the Civil Registry. These lists include dozens of non-Arab-Islamic names, each one marked “accepted” or “refused.” Human Rights Watch has copies of some of these lists. According to the law, the commission is composed of representatives of the interior and justice ministries and the kingdom’s official historian.
International jurisprudence supports the freedom to choose one’s name. The United Nations’ Human Rights Committee ruled in the 1994 case of Coeriel et al v. Netherlands, “Article 17 [of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights] provides, inter alia, that no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence. The Committee considers that the notion of privacy refers to the sphere of a person’s life in which he or she can freely express his or her identity.... [This] includes the protection against arbitrary or unlawful interference with the right to choose and change one’s own name.”
“Unless a first name is patently offensive or objectionable or harmful to the interests of the child, authorities have no business curbing the right of parents to make this very personal choice – especially not when the curb amounts to a form of ethnic discrimination,” said Whitson.
Human Rights Watch’s letter to Minister of Interior Benmoussa, seeking information about the cases involving the naming of five Amazigh children – Ayyur Adam, Massine, Sifaw, Tara, and Tin-Ass – is online at: http://www.hrw.org/node/85427 (English); http://www.hrw.org/node/85429 (Arabic).
The following (see attachment below in pdf) is the final French language version of the Amazigh Caucus Declaration as drafted by almost 13 Amazigh associations from around the world that took part at the 8th Session of the Permanent Forum of the Indigenous Issues at the United Nations. Tomorrow will be the last day of the session. The English version will be drafted soon. ACAA was among the Amazigh Associations that took part at this session and we will make it a tradition to attend every year. I personally was amazed and impressed by the level of info displayed at the forum and all the great people I met from all over the world. We will sure put that to good use in the future to serve our culture and our people. I encourage all Amazigh associations in America and elsewhere to get involved in the future. It is a great venue to expose to the world your culture and help in promoting it, interact and network with other indigenous cultures at various levels and build a better world by being a citizen of the world.
The permanent forum was created by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) mainly to discuss Indigenous issues within the Council, including Economic and Social Development, Culture, Environment, Educations, Health and Human Rights. The Climate Change and its impact on the Indigenous populations were one of the main topics discussed at the Forum.
The Amazigh Caucus was well represented and we will get more organized next year. We were glad to meet many leaders from the Morrocan and Touareg associations. Kamira Nat-Sid and Ferhat Mehenni were the ambassadors from Kabylia and made a great impact with their interventions by speaking up on the main issues currently happening in Algeria. This hopefully will help in expediting the resolution of the main issues and push the process of democracy forward.
Ata wayen tura Tnaṣlit (tamedyazt-tamyarut) fell-asen:
Tadsimant, lγerba, tayri…tirga n war isem !
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Tamawt : Tidmi tettemgerrad, seg wemdan ar wayeḍ, yezmer lḥal ad telhu, akken i yezmer ad tecceḍ, maca, ayen ideg yella lehhu, am wudem n tafukt ur iseffeḍ, aγerbal ur t-yettγummu, afus ur t-yettaweḍ ! Yal wa amek i tga tmuγli-s, yal yiwen amek i yettwali timsal, ferneγ a d-fkeγ tamuγli-w γef wayen i yeεnan isefra-agi n umedyaz anaẓur « Sεid At Mεemmar» (Tadsimant, lγerba, tayri, targit-iw), εerḍeγ akken a d-skefleγ aḥulfu uffir i yeddurin deffir yal awal, deffir yal asefru. Skefleγ-d udem-nni i walaγ deg isefra-agi, s iḥulfan-nni i yi-d-ssawḍen. Skefleγ-d tamuγli n umedyaz deg wayen i ira a γ-d-yessiweḍ, maca, a yi-yessuref ma yella wanda i zegleγ, ma yella wanda akken i ccḍeγ. Ḥṣiγ yella wi ara yebḍun yid-i tamuγli, yella win ur tettwali am nekk timsal, maca, a d-teggri tagi d tidmi, yal wa d wamek yessen, yal yiwen s wacu yettamen d wamek yettḥulfu…
« Nekk nniγ ayen ssneγ, γas kunwi s waya ur tuminem ! Awal d-tennim a t-meyyzeγ, yes-s ad ttnadiγ f usirem! Si yal taεwint a d-agmeγ, ayen kan yellan yewqem! Ayen n dir a t-ssufγeγ, ad yeğğ adeg-is i lehhu! Nniγ ih, tennam ala, tennam ih, nniγ uhu! Yal wa d ilelli deg wayen yebγa, d ilelli deg wayen yettargu! »
Targit n wegdud akken ad yili, aken ad yedder d ilelli, ad yessuγ ad yessiwel. Ad yissin, ad inadi, akken d wayen i s-yehwa ad yini, war leḥya, war tugdi!
Tadsimant, asuγu n terwiḥt n Massnsen, lebγi n yal ilelli, akken ad yidir s nnif. D targit n wegdud-nni i yexsen ad idegger azaglu n ddel γef yiri-s, ad yaf iman-is, ad yessiwel s tutlayt-is, ad iḥulfu s tlelli-s… Azref n wegrud akken ad yissin lejdud-is, ad yeεqel imawlan-is, ad yaf γer laṣel abrid-is!
S wawal i yezḍa abernus mellulen, di tecdaṭ-is yeckenṭed usefru “Tadsimant”, s taγect-is, yewwi-t-id “War isem”, am ucewwiq-nni n temγart i yezzuzunen mmi-s di dduḥ, akken i yesself “War isem” i targit n wul-is s ifassen n usirem di Tadsimant.
« Tecfam f lqermud mi d-yeṭṭilli, yettwali-d ur d-yelcim! Yerra tiqit, yerra-d tili, ulac d acu i wumi ur t-nuqim ! Ixammen n zik nessuli, γlin yiwen ur d-yeqqim ! Akka ara γ-teḍru d tlelli, ma ur s-nebni axxam urqim ! »
I yenna umedyaz deg wawal-is, War isem, idegger tamuγli-s γer wanda akken i yecceḍ uḍar, iwala ugur anda i yettgani, yessekfel-d takekkuyt i yezdγen aẓar, din i tuḍen icc-is ziγenni. Win yebγan ad yebnu, ad iγiz lsas iseḥḥan, ad yesbedd tigejda yeqqwan, ma ulac, fiḥel ad yewwet agelzim !
Tadsimant : Efk-iyi tilelli n takti d wawal, anef-iyi ma yehwa-yi ad ččeγ agercal. Anef-iyi ad iliγ kan d nekkini, ma yehwa-yi ad dduγεeryan ḥafi !
Tadsimant : Ssuγeγ, γas kečč ur tesliḍ, ddreγ assmi akken i yi-tenγiḍ ! Nekk lliγγas ur yi-tettwaliḍ !
Tadsimant: D isuγan n wagdud amaziγ, i yettnadin abrid-is γer tilin.
Tadsimant: D amennuγ n wacḥal leqrun mgal taḥeqranit, mgal zzur, mgal lbaṭel.
Tadsimant: D anadi n yiman γef yiman-is!
Berra i taddart n imawlan, si tama-nniḍen n yill, akin i tlisa n tmurt, tessawel-d tasa n weγrib, tger irebbi teγri-s i wakal n “At Meslayen” tessekfel-d iγsan yerkan ddaw wakal, tarwiḥt n tmurt i wul terra-d awal, tessawel-d si talqayt n yiman n “War isem”, tger irebbi i tyemmat, tesfeḍ imeṭṭi i tegmat, tbedd γer yidis n tdukli, teẓẓel ger waktayen n temẓi, din ansi d-tekka, anda i tessen, tjerreb, teẓra, ayen ur nelli anda-nniḍen!! Itezzem ayen akken yellan d tamentilt n yinig, ayen akken akk i s-d-yemlan iberdan yessufuγen berra n “At Meslayen”.
« A tayri lemmer ssusmeγ Fell-am yettağğa lawan S usefru-agi ad cuddeγ Imurar ger wulawen Ssarameγ ad ttwameḍleγ Yes-m deg wakal n “At Meslayen” Ssarameγ assmi ara fateγ Aẓekka ideg ad meṭleγ Ur yettili deg yinig! »
Tarwiḥt i icewwel lefraq, tettargu s tujjma timlilit, ad yaf wul widen i yectaq, yid-sen a t-tezdi talwit. D tarwiḥt i d-igren tiγri, tessuγ, i “At meslayen” teggar irebbi yal ass di targit.
« Deg taddart anda i luleγ Iγsan-iw a ten-sserseγ Akken γas necceḍ ur neccig S tayri d lγerba ttwaqqseγ Greγ-d abbuh suγeγ Ul n uḥulfu ur yettcerrig A yemma bγiγ a n-aseγ Ussan yid-m a ten-kemmleγ Γas ul n tmurt ur zeddig! »
S tezmert n tayri, tin akken i wumi ur nezmir, yessken-aγ-d udem n yetri, win akken ur nelli d uffir, nwala-t imi berrik igenni, zdat waggur yetreqriq, yekkes i wulawen ugur, yecna-d i lebγi acewwiq. S terwiḥt i yeffuden laman, s wul zeddigen am waman, aman n wasif ur nluγ, yessawal, yettsuγ, yimi n tayri, s yiles n “War isem” yesself i leğruḥ ḥlan, yessaγ taftilt i wuḍan… yerra-d i wallaγ allaγ, yekmes deg irebbi n temẓi aktayen i teffer temγer, iḥekku-yas i wass-a ayen akken i s-iga yiḍelli, yettcetki-yas i tezmert ayen akk i texdem deg-s tewser, yeqqar-as i Tayri: “AYΓER?!!”
« A tayri d acu i m-uqmeγ Yak nekk seg wid tettγadeḍ?! »
Yettmekti-d tizeṭ i yessebleε yimi, deg-s tessegra-d terzeg nnehta, yettmekti-d ayen i yuγalen d awezγi, yak yiwwas yella d tidet tṣeḥḥa, tidet-nni i targit tger irebbi, d ccfawat kan i d-tesnulfa!
« Ḥulfaγ qqleγ d targit-is tewweḍ-itt mi yi-d-tettwali Ẓẓleγ afus s afus-is I sin γer tayri neγli »
Targit n tayri i yeskikkiḍen tudert, d aseḍsu-nni n yimi, i yettarun γef wudem azwwel n tumert , mi akken ara zdin yerwiḥen, mi ara mlilen wulawen, di lğennet-nni yessruγun, din akken anda i ttaḍsan ttrun, anda i ttmeğğiden cennun, din anda i yettdukul leεtab d talwit, ṣṣbeḥ d tmeddit, anda akken ur llint tilas, deg irebbi n usirem-nni iyeẓẓem layas! Ger ifassen n lehna-nni ideg ihemmej lweswas!!
« Ulac lehhu it t-yugaren Tegnit-nni ideg nesdukkel iswi Assmi nuγal d yiwen Lemmer fell-aγ ur tt-nerwi!»
D tignawt-nni n tefsut ideg cebḥen wussan, tasga teṭṭef-itt tafukt, deg yiḍ tettṣaḥ-d i yetran, ccbaḥa-s win akken tfut, yeffud ur yeswi aman!
Din din, a d-teεjel tegrest, tignewt yeṣfan ad terwi, kra zegzawen ad yejjet, agu ad yeḥjeb kullci, asirem yellan ad yemmet, layas ad yennerni!
Ayen akk iγef newwet, a γ-yewwet s ufus n tayri. Akka i d nettat tayri, ma tesseḍs-aγ-d ad a γ-tessru, yiwwas a γ-teddu di lebγi, deg wayeḍ a γ-d-tessekfel ddeεwessu, a γ-terfed armi d leεli, sikin γer lqaε a γ-tebru!
« Nekk γur-i ad iteffeγ Waẓar n tayri i tmeṭleḍ Tenna-k d awezγi ad ffγeγ Wali-yi ur yi-tettawdeḍ »
Udem-nni n yetri i γ-yecqan, nettu yezga-d deg igenni! Nettwali-t s wallen kan, ur t-nettaweḍ d awezγi, udem-nni n yetri acebḥan, tikkwal iḥejjeb ula f tmuγli, mi ara iγumm agu aberkan, amek ara teḍru i yeẓri, yuγ tannumi i wayen yelhan, dγa tuεer tannumi!
Akka i d agama n wemdan, yettcebbib γer wayen i s-ibeεden, d ayen ur s-d-nettṣaḥ i t-yecqan, ur yecliε deg wayen i ṭṭfen ifassen! Ilili γas d ayen rzagen, yeεjeb-asent i wallen!!
“War isem”; war akukru, iger afus-is yesself i wudem n tayri, yesfeḍ-as i lhemm imeṭṭi. Yessendi ifassen i targit-is, γas d tirgin i s-d-tewwi, yeṭṭef-itent, yes-sent iteqqed ul akken kan ad yettmekti!!
Tayri-nni tamezwarut, tinna i iteddren i lebda, tin akken ur tettḥaz lmut, tin i izeddγen di ccfaya. D targit-nni tamenzut i d-yettağğan i wul ccama, deffir-s ur telli tmaynut, yeskaddeb win yennan « Tella » !
« Teggra-d ccfaya n tiẓeṭ Ay ul d ayen ur ntettu I k-yehwan ay imi tγezzeṭ-t D arzagan am yir seksu! »
Tettuγal-d targit n war isem, akken a d-tejbu s leḥya, am tafukt deffir usigna, teggar-d ixef-is, deffir yal awal, tesrusu allen-is γef yal tawinest, tettarra nnehta di yal asefru. Targit-nni i γ-yettawin deg webrid ur nban, akken ad nnadi ccbaḥa n wussan, akken ad nqelleb γef lğerra n laman, targit-nni i γ-yessawaḍen γer umaḍal n iḥulfan!
Lemmer netta d targit-is ad mlilen, lemmer d-terezzef γer tilawt targit, sani ara γ-ssiwḍen, d acu ara d-xelqen?!
« Lemmer nekk yid-m a nemlil Ad nekkes i usirem timedlin Amzun yeṭṭes ddaw weεdil Ussan a t-id-ssakin »
Targit-is, akken ad yedder usirem, n kra wi yessaramen, ad yeffeγ layas seg wulawen, ad tecbeḥ tudert n yakk medden!
«Lemmer nekk yid-m a nemlil Ad neṣfeḍ lğerḥ i yal d aqcic Γas nedfen widen ugujil Ad nesseḥlu yal d adeddic »
Targit-is, akken ur ttilin leğruḥ, ur tnezzef tasa, ur yettruy umecṭuḥ, ur yettcihwi ḥedd lehna.
« Lemmer nekk yid-m ad nemlil Win yeqqaren ccah yeγza Yir aḥulfu a s-t-neslil Ad yeqqel am yemma Tereza »
Yettargu ad tdel tezdeg yal aḥulfu i izedγen iman, leḥnana yeffren a tt-id-yessekfel, γas ulamma seg yir amdan. Yettargu ad yeffeγ ddγel, ad yeğğ i tayri amkan, tiselbi a tt-yif leεqel, cceḥna a tt-yesfeḍ laman.
Yettargu kra yellan d acebḥan, ad yejjuğğeg ad yennerni, talsa ur tettağğa amdan, ur yettuγal d adeγli, leḥmala ad teṣfeḍ urfan, a d-teffeγ si tili, tafat ad teččar iberdan, azaglu n ddel ur yettili. Lemmer netta yid-s ad mlilen:
« Lemmer nekk yid-m ad nemlil ad nnecraḥen akk wulawen Iγi ur yettuγal d ikil Luḍa mačči d asawen!»
Yettargu, targit ur tekfi, yettraju, wissen ar melmi?! Yettargu, targit-is aziγ d targit, di tidet wissen ad teḍru, neγ ad tedder d taγribt deg wul i iεebban azaglu n tilawit?!!
Targit-ik a War isem, d asefru, asefru yebdan ur yekfi. Seg wansi i yekfa ad yebdu, asni i yebda ikeffu. S ufella tettban-d d awezγi, s daxel teččur d tidet!
Targit-ik a gma ur tt-nessin, γas ma tezga tedder deg-neγ, tettban-aγ-d tikkwal d alhin, di ṭṭlam kan i d-iteffeγ. Tikkwal tettban-d d aneglus aḥnin, i iselfen i yerwiḥen-nneγ! Targit-ik terra-yaγ nettargu, γas ma llint wallen-nneγ!
Yewwi-yi usefru-agi γer tizi n targit, din ufiγ ayen is ttamneγ akkit, ufiγ deg irebbi n targit, ayen i γ-tekkes tilawt, ayen akken ur nezmir ad nedder mi ara d-yelli wass allen-is, kra din aziγ yezdeγ ddunit n tirga, dγa afeγ-d iman-iw steqsayeγ:
« Anwa i yessawalen tidet d targit neγ d tilawt?! »
War aεeṭṭel, yerra-d “War isem” i westeqsi-agi s tzemnit-is n tanummi, yenna-d ayen i yettwali s wallen unazur, amedyaz:
“Tirga mgarradent, llant tid-ak i nettargu mi ara neṭṭes, mi ara nexxuc, ad ncexxer, neγ mi ara γ-yexneq buberrak…atg. Maca llant daγen tidak i nettargu mi ara d-naki si tmezwura, tineggura-agi llant tid i yettnaγen d tilawt, llant tid i yettaṭafen i tilawt afus mi ara yili webrid-is yenğer γur-sent. Tigi dγa d tirga n yal ass ideg ukin yemdanen neγ n wuḍan ideg ttwanasen bururu.
Tilawt tebḍa γef sin, tin i yemyuṭṭafen afus d tirga, akk d tin akken i yettnaγen yid-sent. Imdanen daγen mgarraden, wa d tidet i d tidet-is, wayeḍ uhu. Yal amdan s iḥulfan-is, d amgarred-agi n iḥulfan i d-yeslalan tayri si tama, aksan neγ lkerh si tama-nniḍen, i tura d acu i d tidet? Ur ẓriγ ara. Akken ttwaliγ, ad anfeγ kan tiririt n westeqsi i yiḥulfan imi d nutni i d ddunit.”
Tanemmirt seg wul yettargun, d yiman yettḥulfun, ay anaẓur, ay amedyaz, imi i d-tneğreḍ i terwiḥt targa γer ddunit n tirga!
Tiddukla tadelsant deg Marikan tessutur deg imaslaḍen ines d yemdukal nnsen a d-ɛiwnen tafamilt n Muḥ Bensmail n Philadelphia. Muḥ yemmut ussan-a yezrin, nessaram yewweḍ s anida ara yaf talwit. Muḥ yeǧǧa-d tameṭṭut d 5 warraw-is, ameqqran degsen 16 iseggasen deg tudert-is. Ihi imaziɣen n Philadelphia jemɛen-d isurdiyen swayes yettwaceggaɛ ɣer tmurt. Xedmen ayen ak ilaqen tanemmirt nnsen. Ihi tura iqqim-ed a nefk afus i wid d-yegran akken ur d-ttafen ara iman nnsen weḥḥedsen di teswiɛt tuqriḥt am tagi.
Ihi wid iran a d-ɛiwnen, zemren a d-aznen check n lmanda ɣer tensa n tiddukla (eddu ɣer usebter contact us), neɣ a d-glun s isurdiyen nnsen as n ssebt ɣer temlilit n Wesmekti n Tefsut Imaziɣen ara yilin di New York City. Check neɣ lmanda ilaq a d-ttwarun ɣef yisem n Malha Bensmail (tameṭṭut n win yemmuten).
Nesnemmir-iken yakan. Afus deg ufus ay imaziɣen, ur ilaq a neɣli.
The Amazigh Cultural Association in America is deeply saddened by the loss of Mohamed Bensmail of Philadelphia. We hope he can now rest in peace. Mohamed left a wife and 5 children, the oldest of whom is 16 years old.
Imaziɣen of Philadelphia collected enough money to take care of his funeral and the shipping of his body to his native Kabylia. They have done a tremendous job and we all are grateful for their solidarity. Thank you!
Now, it is time to help the grieving family during these very trying times. So, please help by sending your check or money order to the ACAA address (go to the contact us page), or bring your contribution to our Tafsut Commemoration in New York City this saturday. Please make your check or money order to the name of Malha Bensmail. ACAA will collect all donations and present them in an envelope to Mohamed's widow.
Thank you for your support. Afus deg ufus ay imaziɣen, ur ilaq a neɣli.
Waghzen is the name of the mythical Amazigh creature called the oger but also the name of a new band that sings Heavy Metal in Tamazight (Taqbaylit). With many concerts and their first album in circulation in Algeria, they are looking for opportunities to prove their talents both inside and outside Algeria. Check out this article if you would like to learn more about the band: http://www3.france-jeunes.net/lire-groupe-waghzen-un-avenir-en-somme-25327.htm You can also listen to one of their songs at: www.i-cone.net/default.asp?id=145
Please give a round of applause to this new band from the mountains of Kabylia.
Asentel: Asmekti n Tefsut 2959 Melmi: Ass n wis 21 deg Yibrir2957 (April 25, 2009) Seg 3 n tmeddit alami d 9 n tmeddit. Anida: Hub Restaurant 6325 120th Avenue Kenosha, WI 53142 Phone: 262-857-9799
Azul ay imaslaḍen/tmaslaḍin, imdukkal/timdukkal n Imaziɣen
Tiddukla Tadelsant Tamaziɣt deg Marikan (ACAA) tera awen t-ssaweḍ isali belli aseggas-a Asmekti n Tafsut 2959 deg tama n Chicago ad-yilli ass wis 25 n Yibrir 2959 (April 25, 2009), deg Hub Restaurant, i yellan deg Kenosha, Wisconsin. Restaurant Hub izga azal n 30-40 iminuten s agafa n unafag O’Hare. At Hub’s ad fesren taxxamt n usmekti n tefsut. Ihi atan teereḍ merra imaslaḍen/timaslaḍin ines d imdukkal/temdukkalin n Tmaziɣt i wesmekti-ya. Nessarem aṭas degwen ara d-yasen.
Txil-nwen erret-d awal ɣer tensa taliktrunit n tiddukla acaa92@yahoo.com Azal n tekcumi arrac s ddaw 12 usegasen $15, imeqranen $25 i yal amdan. ilaq a nefk leḥsab n inebgiwen ara d-yasen ɣer usmekti i Hub’s ɣef wakka txil nwen azent-d azal n tekcumi nwen ɣer tiddukla qbel n wis 19 deg Yibrir 2009.
Hatta teggeburt n usmekti n Tafsut 2959: 3:00-5:00 n tmeddit:Anṣuf d temlilit n inebgiwen 5:00-6:00 n tmeddit: tameslayt gef tlufa n Tmaziɣt /Tafsut 6:00-7:00 n tmeddit: Imensi n Tefsut 7:00-9:00 n tmeddit: Tigawin tidelsanin ɣef Tmaziɣt: tafsart ɣef tefsut neɣ Dda Lmulud, taɣuri n isefra d tmucuha, ccna Amaziɣ.
Nessaram aṭas degwen ara d-yasen ɣer usmekti n Tefsut 2959.
S wul zeddigen
Akli Gana ɣef wudem n tama talemmast(5) n ACAA
Abrid ɣer Hub Restaurant Segunafag O’ Hare, ekcem 294 North ad tugal d 94 West, eddut ɣer tufɣaneɣ Highway 50 East, eddut azal n 100 iɣallen (50 meters) ad tezrem deg tama tazelmat “Shell Gas Station” ekcemt i tama tazelmat i webrid n zdat n “Shell Gas Station” (118th avenue, parallel to the 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 seg94 Northeffeɣt degtufɣan Highway 50 East , eggt ama ayen I d-nenna iwsawen . Ad ɣ-n-tafem dinna.
Subject: Tafsut 2959 (Amazigh Spring) Commemoration Date and time: April 25, 2009, from 3 p.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 Tafust 2959 on April 25, 2009. It will take place on April 25, 2009, at Hub’s Restaurant in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is about 30-40 minutes Northof the O’Hare airport. All members of ACAA and friends of Tamazight are invited and we hope that many of you will be able to attend.
Agenda: 3:00-5:00 p.m.: Welcome and reception 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Discussion on Tafsut 6:00-7:00 p.m.: Dinner 7:00-9:00 p.m. : Talk on Tafsut or Mouloud Mameri, Poetry reading, story telling, and Amazigh music. The entrance fee is: $25 per person. (Children under 12pay $15).
We hope that you can join us at this commemoration. To help us better plan for this event, please confirm your attendance by sending an email to acaa92@yahoo.com.Because we need to provide the number of guests to the Restaurant in advance, for this reason please confirm your reservation by April 19, 2009.
Note: if you confirm your attendance and you do not show up you will still have to pay. See you on April 25, 2009. Thanks Akli Gana For ACAA Central Region (5)
Directions to the Hub RestaurantFrom O’Hare airport take 294 North, which becomes 94 West to exit 344 it is also the exit for Highway 50. Go East (right) on Highway 50. After about 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 April 25, 2009
ACAA is pleased to present you the following article by Jillian York which appeared in The Huffington Post.
Once again, this is a testimony to the Moroccan government's Amazigh phobia. Please forward this link to your friends and let the world know that the Amazigh people are denied basic rights in their own land!
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