Al-Hoceima Province: The first book of poetry written in “Senhadji Amazigh” documenting the local literary heritage
The poet Ahmed Al-Khudari, accompanied by the young poet Shakib Ahti, embarked on a unique adventure in the field of composing the first collection of poetry in the Amazigh-Sanhaji language, as a contribution from them to the documentation of the local literary heritage and the enrichment of literary writings in the multi-tributary Morocco.
The two poets were keen that the divan, marked by “Tashrebeth Akhiyamen Netgurbast”, be an intellectual initiative and an attempt to make this linguistic diversification, the Amazigh Sanhaji, pass from the oral to writing and codification, and to prove that the local language has the creative ability and has the aesthetic expressive energy and the fertility of its imaginary images, with Their endeavor to document the Diwan is part of the cultural specificity of the Sanhaja region. Al-Hoceima province, with poetic words that mix the abstract and the concrete.
In this context, the poet Chakib Ahtit said, in his interview with the Moroccan Press Agency, that the collection of “Cherbeth Ahiamen Netqorbast” is one of the first building blocks and even the cornerstone of the writing station in the Amazigh Sanhaja language or “Shalha”, explaining that this collection transfers creativity from its oral to its written nature. As the first written literary contribution that consolidates the memory of the Sanhaja region and contributes to preserving the authentic identity of this language, which those interested in linguistic affairs say, this expressive variety is “threatened with extinction if scientific and research interest in it is not intensified.”
He continued that the poetic work highlights the cultural heritage and local history of traditional Sanhaja life in its cultural aspects and its agricultural, natural and social qualifications with tenderness and aesthetic meanings. It also embraces the collective memory of traditions, feelings and customs engraved in the heritage of the Sanhaja region, making the poetic poems of the collection a means of conveying a “hidden” culture in the peaks. The Rif Mountains, according to the author.
The spokesman added that the Diwan is written with the Tifinagh letter and the Latin alphabet, explaining that it is in the form of a verse that begins with “Thassarot” (the key) and contains the letters and the method of pronunciation, then “Thakurt” (the door), an introduction written by Ahmed Al-Khudari, indicating that the first section of the Diwan is entitled “Akhyam Akdim”, meaning the ancient house, written by the poet Ahmed Al-Khudary, and the second section is entitled “Adamos”, created by Shakib Ahtit. The poet confirmed that his interest in “Sanhaji Berbers” dates back to his childhood, when he wrote poetry and an article beginning in the magazine “Thedgin”. He also produced a short film entitled “Clip 27” and the play “Ahnoush Bashikh”, highlighting that he will work in the future to produce other works in If supported, to help transition this language from oral to written and protect its rich local heritage.
For his part, the poet Ahmed Al-Khudari, who is in his seventies, said that the Diwan’s poems sing of various topics, such as the mother, the land, and the spatial space of the region, as well as topics that express emotional experiences that embrace self-disclosure and discuss issues of love and marginalization with hope stemming from the pulse of words and a flood of feelings that meet It has reality and fantasy.
He pointed out that the collection consists of an introduction and 24 poems distributed over 105 pages, and the front of the collection bears a house from the Sinhaji heritage that is usually built in cold places, especially in the Ait Bounssar region in the Al Hoceima province, known for its heavy snow in the winter. It is a house known to be built with tin. And wood and other natural materials, noting that the place has a significance in poetry as part of the identity of the Sanhaji region.
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