Victims of Pan-Arabism
In 1956, Morocco, newly independent, proclaims its
Arab identity. The national movement including the party
Istiqlal (dominated by the bourgeoisie fassie) - is
deeply committed to pan-Arabism, which was then the wind
stern of the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean. The Arab east
considered as a factor of unity, cultural diversity
as a close division. "In light of the formidable arsenal
myths rewarding Arabism, the gesticulations of the
berbérité are not the weight, "said Mohamed Chafik. This
University, author of numerous books, ex-director
Royal College in Rabat, urd'hui is regarded as the "father"
Moroccan Amazigh movement.

The Berbers of Morocco.




It was not until 1991 that the claim is emerging berbériste
Morocco. On 5 August this year, a half-dozen
associations, met in Agadir, make public a text
demands the recognition of language and culture
Amazigh. Three years later, on 1 May 1994, seven
demonstrators were arrested for having Goulmima parade with
banners written in Tifinagh, writing Berbers. At the
late 1990, climate change Democracy and Human Rights
man settled the heart of political debate. The movement
berbériste is grafted onto this trend. "The claim
Amazigh identity is part of the claim
Democratic, it is involved in the movement for
human rights, "said Driss Khrouz, director Berber --
the National Library in Rabat. The leaders of
Amazigh movement willingly put forward the traditions of
their culture, they believe, would make more Imazighen
accessible to the values of democracy, even secularism:
the role of councils of elders, a certain egalitarianism
historically linked to the needs of transhumance...
"Our movement is the bearer of the values of tolerance of our
ancestors, "said the university and Meryam Demnati.

March 2000: After two years of discussions, intellectuals
united under the leadership of Mohamed Chafik publish a
"Manifest Berber." The text, signed by more than 200
personalities, is a register of grievances. He asked
both the rehabilitation of language, culture and
Berber identity, the overhaul of teaching
history, the establishment of officials berbérophones
in administrations in contact with the public,
regional development policy... It is given to door -
Critic Mohammed VI, Hassan Aourid, himself of origin
Berber. The question Amazigh between the Palais.
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