English Version follows
Azul,
Ay atmaten d tissmatin yewweḍ-ed lawan i tefrent n imeqqranen n tiddukla.
D lawan deg yiwen/yiwet yezmer/tezmer a d-ixemel i iɣallen-is akken ad yeqdec ɣef tiddukla d iswiyen ɣef teswiri.
- Ara nessutur deg kra n imaslaḍen (3 ma aṭas) ad ilin di terbaɛt n tefrent (wid araq d-yeṭṭfen tibṛatin n tefrent). Ur tettut ara belli win/tin ara yilin deg tarbɛat n tefrent ur yezmir/tezmir ad d-ibedd ɣer tefrent.
Ttxil nnwen iliken d iɛerḍiyen akken ad xedmem ɣef tiddukla d yeswiyen ines. Nessutur deg imeẓyanen a d-kecmen akken ad ddmen amkan n iwessaren. D nutni i d imal n tiddukla d wayen tessalay.
Tanemmirt
Agraw n Tiddukla
It is that time again when ACAA has to renew its leadership. It is an opportunity for everyone to serve and perhaps right the wrongs of the previous administration, and take ACAA to the next level.
We would like to ask for volunteers to serve on the election committee. We need 3 people maximum. These will report to the Board of Directors. Please keep in mind that those who serve on the election committee cannot be candidates for any post in the new administration.
Please volunteer to serve ACAA and the causes it defends. We especially encourage the younger generation to step forward and "take the baton from the older one".
Thanks
The Board of Directors
Al-Jazeera-English TV has recently (during this month of July) aired a series of reports on the Tuareg rebellion in northern Niger.
Journalist May welsh travelled to northern Niger and interviewed many Tuareg families as well as representatives of MNJ, the Tuareg movement that is currently fighting Niger’s government forces for a better distribution of Niger’s resources, better representation, justice and human rights. Above all for a fair share of the Uranium mining operations undertaken by Niger in the northern predominantly Tuareg areas. Al-Jazeera’s website also featured many articles and photos from May Welsh’s trip. You can watch all of these videos on Youtube or directly on Aljazeera’s website.
Nomad Army: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxXNlqIbaW4
Desertification: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhrWCGIlku4
Uranium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icG7O-laum8
Human Cost: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdcNxXStF90
Education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glTIGErkdy4
Webpage for print stories: http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/unrestsahara/
Webpage documenting May Wlesh’s journey with photos: http://labs.aljazeera.net/node/18
English version follows
Asaru documentaire adelsan d-yura Ḥasen Zenya attan iffeɣ-ed deg DVD.
Asaru-a yewwi-d tamacahut n yiwen n weɣrib dagi deg Marikan yeddan ɣer tmurt. Immekti-d tamurt d laɛwayed-is d wayen ak i t-id-yessekren d wayen d-ǧǧan lejdud-is. Iẓra belli tamurt tbeddel, tmaɛict nni n zik ur d-tegri ara, ula d timucuha d tuččit nni n zik ur d-grin ara. Ihiittxemmim ihi amek tura, anda akka ara yeddu.
Asaru-ya iɛedda-d deg tfaska n usaru amaziɣ di Los Angeles aseggas agi (2008). Iɛedd-ad diɣen deg temlilit n tefsut imaziɣen d-tessudes Tiddukla Tamaziɣt deg Marikan i New Jersey di Yebrir agi izrin.
Win iran a d-yaɣ a-DVD agi ad yeddu ɣer: http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3111
Win iran ad iwali taceqquft seg usaru agi ad iddu ɣer: http://youtube.com/watch ?v=ZE-GH2z1T4U
Asmel n Ḥasen Zennia hattan di: http://www.zenniastudio.com
The Road Behind, The Road Ahead is a new documentary by aspiring artist Hacene Zennia. It was just released on DVD and can be purchased online (see below). The documentary has already been shown at the 2008 Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival and at the 2008 Tafsut commemoration by ACAA, in New Jersey.
From the author: The Road Behind, The Road Ahead is about a return to the roots, my Berber, Amazigh roots in Algeria, North Africa. Over the years, I have witnessed the assimilation of my culture away from the French colonial period toward Arabization, and now toward the west with the advent of the internet and wireless communications. This documentary aims to capture traditional Berber culture before the last pure generation - the generation of my mother, who never went to school, speaks only Berber, and live in a traditional Berber culture - vanishes.
The DVD can be ordered from http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3111
You can see excerpts of the documentary on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=ZE-GH2z1T4U
To know more about Zennia's work, please visit his website at: http://www.zenniastudio.com
Asmi teffeɣ Fransa si Tmurt n Lezzayer deg useggas n 1962, Leqbayel nwan dayen ifuk fell-asen lḥif, ddel d tmuḥqranit. Nnan-as, tura mi yekcem uṛumi amcum s axxam-is, talwit ad d-tekcem Tudrin n Yeqbayliyen.
Nwan dɣa d tidett ad ddren ddaw laɛnaya n Tugdut (démocratie) d yedles-nnsen am nutni am watma-nsen Izzayriyen-nniḍen yettmeslayen taerabt.
Asirem-nni, yedder kra n wussan, alarmi ɣ-d-yenna luḥkum: ‘’Agdud azzayri d aɛrab, ulac ayen-nniḍen !’’. Imiren dɣa iban-d udem aḥeqqani n wid yeṭṭfen akursi s uqezzul, aqezzul-nni yesedduyen timsal ara ass-a n wussan.
Tilelli, timuzɣa, tidert n ser d lḥerma d wayen akk ɣef wacu nnuɣen Leqbayel yettwattu. Asirem-nni wwin-t waman.
Dɣa, yaf-d iman-is weqbayli rrif n tlufa n Tmurt. Tameslayt-is tettwakess seg temsal tunṣibin (officielles). Lbaṭel yewweḍ almima yura weqbayli tutlayt-is ad yekcem ɣer lḥebs. Idles amaziɣ yettwaḥaṛem seg yiles n weqbayli. Adabu (pouvoir) amesbaṭli yanna-k: “imaziɣen ddren zik, ma d tura qlen d aeraben, d inselmen. Lezzayer d taerabt, d tineslemt. Win ur neqbil annect-a ur yelli seg-neɣ!”
Leqbayel ikcem-iten lḥir: Tura mi ssufɣen arumi acku ẓran ur llin ara d irumiyen, adabu azzayri yiwta s wayen yezmer ad ten-yer d aeraben…
Zdat lmenker yecban wa, aqbayli yenna-d: Awah !! atmaten-nneɣ yetmeslayen taerabt uɣ-d-fihimn ara. Asmi ara sen-nessefhem d acu-yaɣ, ass-nni ad aɣ-d-fken afus akken ad nesbed tugdut d talwit di tmurt n Lezzayer.
Ilmend n waya i krent tudrin n tmurt n leqbayel deg 63 (FFS), 1980 (Tafsut imaziɣen), 1989 (RCD) almi d 2001 (Tafsut taberkant). Mmuten yelmeẓyen, kecmen leḥbus ur yessaweḍ imenɣi lebɣi-nneɣ. Ass-a mazal ulac ayen yessefṛaḥen.
Win ur nessin ara amek-it weqbayli ad as-yini : ‘’Leqbayel ugaden ad nnaɣen, ad sutren tugdut d yedles i yiman-nnsen’’
Lukan d lebɣi, akken nessufeɣ arumi almi tuɣ aẓar taerabt, ilaq aeraben ad aɣ-eiwnen akken idles aqbayli ad yeseu amkan-is. Dacu kan, maççi akka i teḍra. Tamurt n leqbayel tettwaḥqer izzayriyen netten sussmen.
Ass-a, aken ma nella neẓra, iberdan iɣelnawen (nationalistes) ur ɣ-suffɣen ara ɣer lebɣi-nneɣ. Akken s-yenna Lwennas, ‘’ Ulayɣer nurǧa asirem, a nsenned f sbeṛ…’’
Tidett, ma nebɣa a nneder, yusa-d lawan anda ilaq ad nemeslay geraneɣ, ad nennaɣ f yiman-nneɣ...
D wa i d abrid ma nebɣa ad nedder s yidles-nneɣ, s tutlayt-nneɣ di Tmurt-nneɣ
Ɣef waya I d-snulfan warrac iqbayliyen tinamit i tmurt n Leqbayel,MAK.
Win yebɣan ad d-yekk afus, anṣuf-yes.
Lyazid Abid
Win ibɣan ad yesteqsi, ad-yaru ɣer: yazlota@hotmail.com
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Nekni s imaslaḍen n Tiddukla Tadelsant Tamaziɣt deg Marikan (ACAA), nenejmaɛ ass n lḥed, wis-29 deg Yunyu, deg Bridgewater, New Jersey akken a d-nesmekti lmut n Maɛṭub Lwennas d-yeḍran 10 iseggasen aya. Anejmaɛ agi yewwi-yaɣ a d-nini aya:
1. Ass-a a nefk tajmilt i Lwennas ɣef wayen issali, ama deg wemḍiq n ccna, neɣ n tmedyazt, ɣef umennuɣ-is ɣef izerfan d tagdut, neɣ ɣef wakken yella d amizwar nneɣ s umata.
2. Tajmilt tameqqrant meṛṛa i nezmer a s-tt-negg i Lwennas ma yella nexdem akken asirem i d-yeslal deg ulawen n ilmeẓyen d telmeẓyin imaziɣen ad yeffeɣ. I waya, nger tiɣri i imaziɣen anida ma llan akken ad xemmlen i iɣallen nnsen akken ad sǧuǧǧgen tamagit d yedles nnsen. Tin tent-yugaren ak, akken ad dduklen zdat ucengu.
3. Nessawal i telmeẓyin d ilmeẓyen akken ad suddesen, ad ssalin imal n weɣref amaziɣ ɣef llsas i d-yeǧǧa Lwennas.
4. Neggul akken nella da, a nexdem akken tiddukla nneɣ ad tennerni, ad texdem ak d tiddukliwin tiyaḍ bac akken a nesnefli aɣref d yedles nneɣ. Aya nezmer a t-naweḍ ma yella neḍfer amedya n Lwennas.
5. Nekni s imalslaḍen n ACAA, neḥseb belli mači kan d amizwar i ɣ-yemmuten, d amddakel! Ur ntettu ara ayen ixdem Lwennas i tiddukla as mi d-yusa ɣer Marikan, icna di New York ak d San Francisco deg useggas n 1993.
6. Deg wis 25 si Yunyu, adabu azzayri aqettal, ira ad iqmeḍ ṣṣut n Lwennas i labda. Maca 10 iseggasen ɣer zdat, Lwennas mazal-it idder deg ulawen nneɣ, ma d ṣṣut-is la yettbaɛziq, acku Lwennas d asirem d unadad n yilmeẓyen nneɣ.
Ɣef yisem n ACAA
Tarbaɛt i wesmekti n umulli wis-10 n lmut n Maɛṭub Lwennas
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Wis-29 seg Yunyu 2008
We, members of the Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA), gathered this Sunday, June 29, in Bridgwater, New Jersey to observe the 10th anniversary of the death of Lounès Matoub, make the following statement:
1. We pay tribute to the memory of Lounès Matoub for his artistic contribution, his fight and leadership, and in general for his contribution to the Amazigh cause and democracy.
2. We consider that the most beautiful tribute that we can pay him is to work so that his hopes and those he instilled in the hearts of many Amazigh youth become reality. For that we call upon all Imazighen wherever they may be, to gather their strength to ensure the prosperity of their identity and culture and especially to unite in the face of adversity.
3. We invite the Amazigh youth to organize and build the future of the Amazigh people on the foundations and the sacrifice of Lounès Matoub.
4. We commit ourselves to continuing to strengthen our association and collaborate with other associations to contribute to the development of our people and culture with Lounès Matoub as a role model.
5. We, members of ACAA, consider that we lost not only a leader, but also a friend. Lounès Matoub’s contribution to ACAA through two concerts in New York and San Francisco in 1993 will remain memorable.
6. On June 25, 1998, the Algerian government’s assassins wanted to silence Lounès Matoub forever. But 10 years later, Lounès Matoub is always alive in our hearts and his words still resound among us because Lounès Matoub represents hope and determination for the Amazighe youth.
For ACAA,
The Steering Committee for the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Assassination of Lounès Matoub
Bridgewater, New Jersey
June 29 2008
Tiddukla Tamaziɣt deg Marikan a d-tesmekti lmut n Lewnnas Maɛṭub. Timlilit ad tili di Days Inn, Bridgewater, NJ, as n lḥed wis 29 seg Yunyu 2008 seg 1:00 alamma d 6:00 n tmeddit.
Hatta wacu ara yilin di temlilit-a:
1 - Anṣuf - Asmekti n Lwennas: D acu lmaɛna isɛa Lwennas i yal yiwen.
2 - Ayen d-yeǧǧa Lwennas.
3 - Tarbaɛt i tira n yiwen walɣu ɣef Lwennas Maɛṭub
4 - Asaru ɣef Lwennas
ACAA will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Amazigh icon Lounes Matoub. This gathering will take place at the Days Inn, Bridgewater, NJ, June 29, 2008 from 1:00 to 6:00 PM.
Agenda:
1 -Welcome - Remembering Matoub: what Matoub means to each of us
2 - Matoub's legacy: Discussion forum
3 - Working group to write a declaration
4 - Showing of video/cassette of some events (30 min to 1 hr)
Directions:
Use the following address to get your directions from the Internet.
Days Inn Bridgewater Conference Center Somerville Area
Web site: DAYSINN.COM
1260 US Rte 22 East
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 US
Phone: 908-526-9500
Fax: 908-526-2538
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Kabylia, June 5th, 2008 - At the seventh anniversary of the claim for Kabylia’s autonomy, the MAK has now made official its demand for a regional autonomy to all of the concerned Algerian authorities with a copy to the international bodies and Mr. Nelson Mandela.
It is the small town of Adekar located at 1000 meters of altitude, at equal distance between Bgayet and Tizi-Uzzu, that the autonomist movement chose for sending the registered and with return-receipt letters. Adekar is near Akfadu or what once was the headquarters of Kabyl hero Amirouche.
The Delegation was made of Ferhat Mehenni, president; Mouloud Mebarki,
Secretary-general; Mohand Larvi Tayev president of the National Council and Dr. Djillali Bouzouane. The Delegation held then, around 3:30 PM a press conference at the Media House of Tizi-Uzzu conducted by Ferhat Mehenni in the presence of other members of the MAK in addition to those of the delegation, in particular Ait-Chebbib Bouaziz, Said Laimchi and Kamira Nait Cid. Other initiatives planned by the MAK will be implemented in the weeks to come.
Click on the files below to download a pdf of the letter (in French). Tamazight and English versions will be posted soon.
The document contains the following:
- Official letter asking for autonomy for Kabylia
- The Kabylia Autonomy Project
- The MAK's Charter
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May 17th, 2008
Re: Massive arrests and jail terms for Amazigh activists in Morocco
Dear Human Rights Watch,
For more than a year, so many Amazigh towns and villages of Morocco have been the theater of demonstrations by university and high school students. It all started in the spring of 2007 during the commemoration of the Amazigh spring (Tafsut Imazighen) which is observed by many Amazigh regions across North Africa. Following or during many of these demonstrations violence erupted between “Arabist” students or Arabic speaking individuals outside to the universities. These were opposed to the demonstrations and expressed themselves by attacking the Amazigh students. Very peculiar to the events is the fact that the police provided cover to the attackers and arrested the Amazigh students instead.
For example, according to eyewitnesses in Taza, large numbers of individuals outside of the university entered the campus, took part in removing announcements by the Amazigh student organization and attacked violently the Amazigh students. In other instances they burned Amazigh flags and forced students entering the university to walk over it. Later they organized themselves into mobs that attacked Amazigh students who had to defend themselves. Their dormitory rooms were raided and many of their belongings stolen. The police generally showed up only to arrest Amazigh students and never bothered anyone else.
The Amazigh Movement supported by many Amazigh associations is convinced that this was a setup carried out by the security forces to draw them into a violent conflict, and then have them arrested. Some Amazigh activists claim it could not be anything but a conspiracy because the security forces brought in ambulances prior to any violence taking place and the police often watched when the Arabist students attacked. They also pointed to the coordinated aspect of the events as this happened at several universities nearly at the same time.
The Amazigh Movement formed a committee to support the imprisoned students and organized marches and protests throughout the country. High school students joined in by organizing protests and showing their discontent by burning the Moroccan flag.
These events bear a striking resemblance to attacks that occurred in the 80’s among Amazigh students and Islamist students in various universities in Algeria. At the time, the Algerian police stood by watching as the Islamists attacked many students. That is when they killed Kamal Amzal in Ben-Aknoun. It also brings flashbacks from the June 14th 2001 march by the Kabyl Citizen’s Movement (Aarch Movement) when the Algiers police hired local street gangs to attack the demonstrators (see photo). It is not at all surprising that similar events take place in Morocco a few years after they take place in Algeria. We know now that the Moroccan authorities observe the Algerian strategy against the Amazigh Movement and replicate it in all cases where it has born fruit.
Arrests, violence, and now jail terms is the lot of many young Amazigh students. In Agadir three students were sentenced to jail terms. Tens of students were arrested. The police showed up at their homes after the demonstrations. In Meknes ten students are awaiting trial with no hope for justice. Many students complained of ill treatment by the police (beatings, sexual humiliation, and some cases torture).
In Boumalne Dades, ten young people were arrested and tried. Among them a minor. Together they received a total sentence of 34 years in prison. All of this for demonstrating against the marginalization of their region (lack of infrastructure, neglect etc.). Oudali Younès was sentenced to 6 years in prison. Oubali Houssain, Atil Mostafa, Elouardi Mostafa, Aït Saïd Brahim, Chaouki Mimoun and Charif Abdenacer were sentenced each to 4 years in prison. Adjik Noureddine received 2 years; Orouzane Brahim and Aït Hssein Moha were each sentenced to a year in prison. They were accused of unauthorized gatherings, civil disobedience, burning of the national flag, and destruction of state property and humiliation of state officials.
What more, all of these students had a very hard time finding a lawyer to defend them? Nearly all of the Amazigh regions were affected and this only increased the number of demonstrations spiraling into more arrests and prison sentences.
More than ever, the Amazighs are not wanted in their own land. They are tolerated only if they accept to forget who they are. In the meantime, the demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people are funded and organized by the government itself, while Tamazgha’s own original people are trampled, jailed, and yes… eliminated. Because, the Amazigh movement has always been a peaceful one, the authorities resorted to manipulation to bring about the right circumstances and conduct massive arrests, and thus repress the Amazigh movement and silence it once and for all.
The question we ask at the Amazigh Cultural Association in America is why doesn’t Human Rights Watch say anything about all this? We would like to know what your position is on this. Have you investigated these events and what has your research yielded? Have the Moroccan Human Rights organizations contacted you about the ill treatments, the unjust arrests and trials?
Whatever the case may be, we would like to know why you are not speaking up about the Human Rights violations in the case of the Amazigh activists of Morocco.
Sincerely,
Signed:
Hsen Larbi, President
The second issue of this Mediterranean literary review is a special one on the Amazigh icon Lounes Matoub. It includes articles on Lounes Matoub's life, his work, including poems translated to French. The issue also includes interviews of his sister Malika and his wife Nadia. This publication could not come at a better time. This month the Amazigh people will be commemorating the tenth anniversary of Lounes's assassination. Matoub's family and the entire Amazigh community in North Africa and around the world is still grieving for the loss of one of their dearest. His assassins have not yet been brought to justice and the contemptuous neglect shown by the Algerian authorities when it comes to serving justice in cases involving Amazigh people only makes the Amazigh angrier and more determined.
This issue can be ordered from Editions Non-Lieu, 224, rue des Pyrenees 75020 Paris, France. Price 15 Euros. Contact Editions Non-Lieu at: editionsnonlieu@yahoo.fr
For more information, visit www.tamazgha-festival.org
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