English version follows
Asentel: Asmekti n Tefsut 2959
Melmi: Ass n wis 21 deg Yibrir 2957 (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
Seg unafag 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 seg 94 North effeɣt deg tufɣan 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 North of 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 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 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 Restaurant From 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!
Click on this link to read the full article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-york/morocco-disappearing-the_b_159765.html
Azul fellawen a wid iqqaren, wid ittaken azal i tagi nneɣ. Ass-a s lferḥ d ameqqran ara wen-d-qeddmeɣ yiwen umyaru. Ahat d amaynu ɣer kra n yemdanen, maca aṭas i t-yessnen. Argaz-agi isem-is Essaid At Maamar. Attan a wen-iniɣ belli tira ines gerrzent d ayen kan, snecraḥant, ttakent-ed asirem deg tmaziɣt (neɣ deg "teqbaylit" akken qqaren kra imedyazen nneɣ). Amagrad agi amenzu ara d-nawi sɣur Essaid, a t-nehdu i tmaziɣin akken llant i lmend n was n tmeṭṭut. Nekkini a t-hduɣ aṭas aṭas i yemma ɛzizen.
Tanemmirt ɣef terzeft nnwen. Ḥsen.
 Dda Ɛmer bu tfenṭazit
A tawaγit-iw, a lqecc-iw d wi tbubbeḍ ay ul ageswwwaḥ!!!
Macahu γef wass-nni amcum, yettaken anzi s ussan-nniḍen kan:
Tekker nna Taferruǧt s asewwi n imensi, aεeqqa n wewren ur izad, ur yenγis. Amzun tettektil-iten ngum a d-kecmen taseksut.
Teftel, terḍem, tesseww, yewweḍ-d lawan n imensi, yekcem-d dda Ɛmer (argaz-is) s axxam.
Yeqqim γef ukursi, yeẓẓel iḍarren-is akken yessefk, yesnejbad akk iman-is akka d wakka, yuγal yenṭeq γef mmi-s, yenna-yas: Yya-d a Mexluf a mmi, qabel-iy-id akka s yahin s učči, meqqar ad sɛuɣ la biti!
Mexluf yekker iqubel baba-s γer ṭṭabla, nna Taferruǧt tessers-asen imensi zdat-sen.
Ččan, swan, rwan, uγalen ttgurruεen si bibṛas, dγa ufan-d γef wacu d-jebden awal:
Dda Ɛmer: Asmi d-newwi tislit si Xnecla i Bextis-nneγ, fkan-aγ-d at Meṛwan kra n imerṣumen n weksum a Mexluf a mmi fi εin cciṭan, wellah ar ugaren amehraz-inna deg ufus n yemma-k. Rnan-aγ-d yiwen lgazuz d aberkan, neswa almi neṭṭerḍeq, nuγal nettgurruε akka am tura. Twalaḍ a mmi li bbun sivinir, jjami u bli jjami teffɣen aqerru n yiwen "ya ma sseεd-k ya faεel lxir" ad yerḥem Rebbi iγsan n at lxir di lğennet!
Mexluf: Am arezg-nwen a ba, terwam-d MANJ TU s iqeffafen!
Lgazuz-nni aberkan ssawalen-as medden Kuka Kula (Coca Cola).
Dda Ɛmer: S bibṛas i t-xeddmen?
Mexluf: Wellah ma ẓriγ a ba, maεna ur cukkeγ ara, d lgazuz d- yennulfan di Marikan, si lazi akin, wissen ma yella dinna bibṛas…
Nna Taferruǧt tekker tejmeε ijeqḍuren ideg ččan yergazen, tesfeḍ-d ṭṭabla, tesdukel seksu d-yugaren deg iḍebsiyen-nsen γer yiwet tqedduḥt, terna-yas kra n useqqi, teqqim γer tγerγert (lqaɛa), acku nettat d tameṭṭut i tella, ur tessin ara i wučči a la Xnecla. Akken tessaweḍ snat neγ kraḍ n tγenjawin n seksu s imi-s, terwa si tmendit imi ur d-yenni ara dda Ɛmer ass-nni izad kra neγ yenγes. Tessers taγenjawt-is (tijγelt-is), tekker tebda asired n leḥwal.
Dda Ɛmer iremmeq-itt si teɣmert, iwala tessegra-d kra n iεeqqayen n seksu di tqedduḥt-is, iγil εni tefka axxam-is i uxessar.
Yečča wergaz timess, yesmermeɣ fell-as s leεyaḍ, yenna-yas:
Ssers-iten din ijeqḍuren-nni, ssers-iten din a ddin n yemma-m!
"Yessusef-as γer tqedduḥt, ttfuh, ttfuh!!!" snat tikkal, yenna-yas daγen: Mebla ddin n baba-m, mebla ddin n baba-m, a lukan a d-teğğeḍ yiwen uεeqqa yugar-d, ar d-iferreğ deg-m win ixaqen. Ayen a lmettwet, ṣṣreγ lɛar-im almi d ass-a akken ad tessnegreḍ axxam-iw yerna yal ass qqareγ-am lḥal ilmend n leḥwal, kemm tugiḍ ad tesleḍ. D ayen iɣef d am-ttεeggineγ iɣer tettuɣaleḍ. Yefka-yas sin iqeddimen γer tlemmast n uzagur, yuγal deg-s nnefs tmeɣdurt, teẓẓel deg tlemmast n tγerγert, teṣreɛ. Dda Ɛmer bu tfenṭazit yezzi, yenneḍ sennig uqerruy-is, yebren cclaγem-is, yenser axlul, yenneḥneḥ, yuγal yekker ad yekcem γer tɣurfett-is, yessegra-yas-d imeslayen-agi: A yelli-s n yiẓẓan, lammer a d-yini cciṭan igenni tεawdeḍ i ugejdur yecban wagi, a kem-refdeɣ d tamuddurt, a kem-id-sserseɣ d lmeyyet. Ihi tura nekk nniγ, kemm tesliḍ, ata wansi kkiγ!
Yekcem γer texxamt-is n tguni, yefser iman-is γef wusu, iger-d nnehta, yessaweḍ yiwen uɛemmur n ccemma, annect tettaddam telwaḥt γer ddaw n icenfer-is ufella yellan di tama taẓelmaṭ, yettban-d amzun temγi-d teẓrut ddaw tiṭ-is, yuγal-d acemma γer leεqel-is, imiren yesteqsa iman-is γef wacuɣer d wacu d-yella ccwal-nni deg wexxam.
amagrad ittkemmil
Win iran ad ilmed tamaziɣt (taqbaylit), ad iddu s asmel:
www.apprendrelekabyle.com
Wa iqqar i wa.
Those interested in learning Tamazight (Taqbaylit variant) can do so at the above website. Please share with your friends.
AMUSSU ADELSAN AMAZIΓ N INELMADEN G TIZI N IMNAYEN
ALƔU
Azul d ameγnas ,
Di tazwara. azul ameqran i inezbayen n tidet n ugdud amerruki , azul n tγensa d tẓiḍert i yinekraf isertanen n Umussu Adelsan Amaziγ (MDM) illan g yikurmuten n timmuzdert : Tucka, Sidi Sεid d Warzazat.
Ayyuz i akw winna ikan tudert d idammen-nnsen i tmentilt tamaziγt, salen ar akkan (Meεtub Lwennas, Saεid Sifaw, Manu Dayak, Bujemεa Hebbaẓ,Lγaci….atg)
Ibeddi nga assa g tesnawit n Zayd u Ḥmad (Med V) g Tizi n Imnayen, yusa-d d wass amaḍlan n tutlayin timezwura, 21 febrayer acku nra ad nini i yinelmaden ula medden is iga wawal amaziγ tutlayt-nneγ tamezwarut, d wis ur nri asselku ittegga udabu aεerbeẓri i tmaziγt ula Imaziγen, am uyenna gan isemxan d yiḥeẓẓaren n udabu i yimeγnasen-nneγ ayenna ran ad gen yan ibeddi amalway dat “umni” amerruki ass n 14 febrayer 2009.
Day, ar nettini i Lmexzen ad d-irẓem i yinekraf n Umussu Adelsan Amaziγ d ad iwdu asselku ittegga i Imaziγen ula i tmizar g tsul tedder tutlayt tamaziγt: Anẓul Ugmiḍ, Rrif, Tiniri…
Seg tama yaḍen, da nessutur ad tili tutlayt tamaziγt d tutlayt tunṣibt g tmendawt n tmazirt-nneγ tili g akw iγerbazen d tsuda, ar diγ nesγuyyu γef yiselmaden imeksenmaziγen g tesnawit-nneγ isxuben aḍu i yinelmaden isawalen γef tmaziγt.
Ar nesskan tiwizi-nneγ d yimussuten n yinelmaden imaziγen g Ulennif, Bumal n Dades, Tinγir, Walmas, Nnaḍur…atg
Ittug g Tizi n Imnayen ass n : 09-02-2959 / 21-02-2009
“ Skud mazal tarwa n leḥlal Ur as-nkennu i lqid ”
Lexicon / Amawal
Amussu: Movement
Inezbayen: Those who resist
Tamentilt: Cause
Tasnawit: High school
Amaḍlan: Related to entire world
Aεerbeẓri: Arabist
Amalway: Peaceful
Anẓul Ugmiḍ: Southeast
Tunṣibt: Official
Tamendawt: Constitution
Tisuda: Institutions
Imeksenmaziγen: Amazighophobes
Attan yewweḍ-ed lawan a negg tameγra n Yennayer di New York. A d-tuγal tafat γer temdint n New York ay atmaten! Ihi anṣuf yisswen γer tmeγra as n ssebt agi zdatneγ. Awit-d lwacul d imdukal nnwen. Siwelt i wid tessnem meṛṛa! Aseggas ameggaz!
Yennayer in NYC is finally back. Please join ACAA to mark the comeback of our New York community to the center of the action!
Here is the announcement for ACAA's NYC celebration of the Amazigh New Year.
Date and time: Evening of January 31st (see pic below).
Also I ask that our members and readers contribute as much as possible by informing friends and relatives about this event. Grab the phone and call and forward this email to your acquaintances.
Happy Yennayer!
 English Version Follows
Tiddukla tadelsant tamaziɣt deg Marikan tera ad tekmasi aselmed n tmaziɣt i imeẓyanen ak d imeqqranen. Am akken teẓram imaziɣen deg tmurt n Marikan bḍan am tasa n wuccen akken qqaren. Ihi, akken a nezmer a nessali kra hatta wacu nessaram a t-nexdem:
- Ilaq deg tal tamnaṭ ad ilin ddeqs n wid iran ad ɣren akken a d-nesbedd tarbaɛt n wid ara yeɣren.
- Ilaq a d-naf wid izemren ad slemden (ad izmiren a d-asen ɣer wemḍiq n temlilit n terbaɛt).
- Issefk yal/tal yiwen/yiwet ad yeqbel ad yeǧǧ kra seg lǧiha-s. Seg mi yal tamnaṭ ad yili yiwen kan n umḍiq, ihi ad ilin wid ara d-yeddun 15 min, ad ilin wid ara d-yeddun 60 min neɣ ugar.
- Nessaram ad ilint aṭas n yemdanen, akken a nesmed aṭas n trebbaɛ.
- Ilaq yal yiwen a d-yefk afus, aṭas aṭas deg wayen yerzan aselmed n imeẓyanen (ama deg tiɣtin n wayen ilaq I uselmed, ama deg lefḍur neɣ taɛessast n imeẓyanen, neɣ aɛiwen n wid isselmaden.
- Akken a d-nesbedd aɣerbaz agi n tmaziɣt, ilaq wid iran ad lemden, a ɣ-d-fken kra n telɣutin I waken a nheggi ayen ilaqen.
Wid iran s yiman nnsen ad ɣren, neɣ ran a d-awin arraw nnsen ad ɣren tamaziɣt, ilaq a d-ačaren takaramt-a icudden seddaw. Tella yiwen n tkaramt i imeẓyanen, tayeḍ i imeqranen. Ačaret-ed tikaramin, taznem-tent-id ɣer tensa n tiddukla (ẓer “Contact Us”). Tanemmirt
The Amazigh Cultural Association is in planning a pilot program for teaching Tamazight. Courses will be organized depending on needs for children and adults. However, as you know Imazighen in the US are scattered around the four corners of this vast country. This makes it hard to organize courses everywhere. So here is what we are planning:
- In each region there have to be enough people who wish to learn the Tamazight language so that we can organize the courses.
- We have to find enough teachers qualified enough to teach both adults and children.
- If we want this to succeed everyone is expected to sacrifice something. Some people may have to commute only 15 min. to take the course, but others maybe 60 min. or more.
- Everyone is expected to help in a way or another (school needs for kids, food and snacks, coordination, logistics, teaching material, teacher aides, etc.).
- To efficiently organize this program we need to collect enough information from those who are interested.
Those who are interested in this program are asked download (see below) and fill out the proper application forms (there are forms for children and adults). Please fill out the form completely and return to ACAA (see Contact Us for address). Thanks.
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 English version follows
Tafaska tis-snat n Usaru Amaziɣ n Los Angeles ad tili as n wis-10 seg Yennayer (amasiḥi) 2009. Tezga-d deg tmeɣra n imaziɣen irkelli: tameɣra n Yennayer. Tafaska agi issudes-itt-id Tazzla Institute for Cultural Diversity (www.tazzla.org) s tallalt n Tiddukla Tadelsant Tamaziɣt deg Marikan.
Di laɛnaya nnwen rezfet ɣer wesmel n tfaska www.laaff.org akken a d-tawin tilɣutin ilaqen. Nessaram aṭas n imaslaḍen nneɣ d imeɣriyen n wesmel-a ad izmiren ad ddun ɣer tfaska agi ad ɛemmṛen ṛṛeḥba dinna, ad –walin kra n wudmwen n yedles amaziɣ ur ẓrin ara yakan.
The second annual Los Angeles Film Festival will take place on January 10th 2009. It coincides with the celebration of the Amazigh New Year or the Yennayer celebration. This festival is organized by the Tazzla Institute for Cultural Diversity (www.tazzla.org) and co-sponsored by the Amazigh Cultural Association in America.
Please visit the festival's website www.laaff.org for more information. We encourage our members and readers to attend the festival to discover the many facets of Amazigh culture that are going to be shown to you on the big screen. It is a one of a kind opportunity in the US. We wish the festival a great success.
 The end of summer 2008 marked the end of the Kabyl Folktale Theater Project directed by Taous Claire Khazem and sponsored by ACAA.The Kabyl Folktale Theater Project was created to celebrate the rich oral tradition of Kabylia by combining theatrical performance with Kabyl folktales (timucuha). Young Kabyl women from the region of Bgayet created a theatre rooted in Kabyl folktales.
The project lasted approximately three months but Taous arrived in the Kabyl capital Tizi-Ouzou in mid-May 2008 to visit family and friends and plan her project. During her first week she already started asking her relatives for folktales.
Challenges
Arrived in Bgayet, Taous met numerous challenges. One of these challenges is lodging. In Bgayet, rent is very high during the summer months. In fact it is as high as in any major American city. Through ACAA and friends, Taous managed to find a place where to stay. The other major challenge is finding the right candidates for this project. An ad was posted at the City Universitaire with the help of Beza Bencheikh. Taous planned to audition young candidates from highschool but it was not easy as by the time she got there all highschools were closed for the summer vacation. Finally Taous settled with seven candidates who previously worked with Bgayet Regional Theatre Director Omar Fetmouche on another show. The seven recruits will go through the full training and take part in the final performance. For Taous it was not an easy task but she was prepared.
Training and Folktale Selection
It’s the beginning of July and for about a week actresses and director hit the road and scoured the surrounding villages to collect as many folktales as possible. They talked to relatives and friends with knowledge of old Kabyl tales. Director Khazem and her students selected three folktales each telling about the life of a different woman. The tales were all about the courage, the life struggles and the role of women in Amazigh society. The young actresses would end up learning a life lesson while experiencing the joy of theater as well as through the stories themselves.
Ø The first tale was about the seven sisters and the ogress. The youngest of the sisters would be the one to read through the ogress’s monstrous plans and save the day.
Ø The second tale was about a girl who was buried alive by her family. She had eaten a snake egg that hatched in her belly. Saved by a stranger, she came back to haunt her mean step-mother and redeem her father.
Ø A man swore to marry the girl whose hair he found at a fountain. The girl’s name was Drima and she unfortunately was his own sister.
During the same month, the aspiring actresses explored different styles of play, improvisation and creating scenes and characters. Then came the time to write the dialogues, learn and rehearse them. To challenge the actresses, Director Khazem brought in an audience several times in order to prepare them for the final performance.
Performances
The actors performed four times: twice at the Bgayet Theatre Regionale, once at the Maison de la Culture of Ait-Smail, and another time at the Maison de la Culture of Bgayet.
Conclusion
This project was the first of its kind for ACAA. ACAA is very grateful to Taous for putting it together and working very hard to see it through. ACAA is very grateful to many other people, members and non-members, who contributed financially or otherwise to this project. Special thanks to Bgayet regional theatre director Omar Fetmouche, Mohand Ameziane Bencheikh, Amor Nouri, MAK Sweden, Nora Cheddad, Nordine Saidi, the Adel Family, Lyazid Abdi, and Samira and Ghania Challali. Last but not least let’s us thank our seven participants who sacrificed their summer vacation and worked hard and performed beautifully.
Many lessons have been learned from this project both for Taous and for ACAA. According to Taous, more effort and time should be devoted to recruiting. Certainly, more housing does require a larger budget in cities like Bgayet where rent skyrockets during the summer months. Another area that may need additional attention in the future is a stipend for actors to increase motivation and help during recruiting.
Overall the project was a success. The goals set for the project were achieved despite the many challenges. Taous and her actresses created a new style of theater in Kabylia that is rooted in the Amazigh tradition and values.
More Info (Coming soon... Please visit the projects section)
1) Kabyl tales used in this project
2) Photos
3) Clip from the show
4) Taous Khazem's project blog
5) Algerian newspaper clips about the project
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