“Amdal Amazigh” is a Moroccan newspaper with a regional dimension
Ibrahim Benhamou*
First of all, I congratulate the newspaper “The Amazigh World” on the anniversary of its founding, wishing its managing and journalistic staff, led by the honorable professor Amina Ibn Al-Sheikh and my dear friend Rachid Rakha, success and continuing to carry the torch of Amazigh journalism without rival.
What distinguishes the newspaper is its openness to various political parties, cultural associations, researchers, and intellectuals, and its posing burning questions regarding the role assigned to these actors in the advancement of the Amazigh language, which the Kingdom’s Constitution stipulates in its fifth chapter that it is considered an official language of the state, along with the Arabic language, as it is a common asset for all Moroccans without exception.
The Amazigh Amazigh newspaper, which embodies a clear manifestation of the linguistic and cultural pluralism that characterizes the Moroccan media scene, is a platform for defending the Amazigh language and culture, as well as the marginalized and isolated areas in the remotest territorial groups extending throughout the country.
One of the features of the newspaper is also that it is unique because it is published in three languages: Amazigh, Arabic and French. It is a successful approach that seeks to expand the circle of audience of recipients, allowing speakers of these languages to be informed of developments, events and developments that are related to Amazigh affairs, whether inside the country or in North Africa, which has led it to be A Moroccan Amazigh newspaper with a regional dimension.
As I write this testimony, my memory takes me back to the year 2014 when I was nominated for the Amazigh Culture Award granted by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, which requires any candidate to submit certificates of recommendation from actors or activists in the Amazigh field. All I had to do was contact the newspaper, where Mrs. Amina thanked me. Recommendation for completing the nomination file that culminated in winning the award in the media category for an article edited with the letter Tifinagh about a dialogue with the late historian and diplomat Abdel Hadi Tazi in which he called for translating the book The Journey of Ibn Battuta into the Amazigh language.
All thanks, success and continuity to the newspaper “The Amazigh World”
*Media journalist and researcher in Amazigh affairs
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