Channels, Fall 2023

Vol. 8 No. 1 Madeline D. Spaulding • 19 nFeactei ms saa r ys e efmo re d p rteos e rsveien g T aArmi f iat z i gahs culture but not for being Amazigh. She vmi eowr ee di mbpeoi nr gt a fnrto mt h aann sApme aa zkiignhg l Ta na rdi fai ts. SS hp ea nri es ha s odnoeeds tnhoatt ms paekaek i yn og u A Ar arba ibc oo rr Smpaaknei s hy o, us oA smpaezaikgihn. g FTa tairmi f ai t sdaoi de s i tn oi st ismp epaokritnagn tT af or irf i tt hbee cIamu as ez i, gi hn etnh et of a ckee eopf ll oi tst li en gTsaor imf i ta nt hyact uiltt ul arsatlst rf ar odmi t i oAnms ,a“ztihgihs wf uet usrheo ugledn ke er aetpi osnpse. a kI fi nngoitt ttoh eo ufru tkui dr es ,, twhhe eyr we ot hn e’ tykanroew. ” wF ohro Ft ha teiymaar, es po er afkr oi nmg TA amr ai fzi ti gi hs , a bp ua tr t iosf knnoot w ti nh eg t he sa st eynocue a roef AWmhaeznigahskeetdhnificitidweanstitimy.portant for her cAuml tauzrieg hf ol ra npgeuoapgl ee , tSoackoi nnat i nr eusep sopnedaekdi ,n g iImptohrintaknt its’so athctautaltlyhe elxatnregmuaeglye do no e sf onr’ t gdei ns aepr ap tei ao rn sa! n Md ot hs ti s pcaarne ngtos af rl os omt eaanc he atrhl ey i ra gceh,i lsdor et hn aTt atmh eayz icgahnt sepx aema kp lei t, I fhl uaevnet lfya mlial yt e ri n oBne.l g iFuomr ac annd ms pyecaoku sTianmwahzoi gwh ta sf lbuoe rnnt l yt h! eSroe ymoaus tdeornt’ht ehal avnegtuoalgi vee. ” i n M o r o c c o t o TS ahkr ionuag hcooumt tmh ue nc iocua rt se ed o ft ht haet i ns tpeer avki ei nwg, Twahrai ft i mt iask eo sn ye oouf At mh ea zbi gi ghg. eWs th ef anc It oa rssk eodf her if being Amazigh has more to do wA mi t ha zsipgehalkainndg, Tsahrei fri te st hpaonn dbeedi n“gI nf rdoeme da!n” Wh ehr epne rassokneadl ii df eTnatriitfyi t, Swaaksi ni amrpeos rptoanndt et do ec ox cuirt seed! l Iyt, m“ aOkf e sc mo uer ws eh, o yI eaamh , t oydeaayha nodf IS aakmi n ar, esaplel ya kvi negr yT aprriof iut di s oa nf itmh apto. ”r tFaonrt pi daernt t i toyf, bpurt eist eirsv ianl sgo vAemr ya zci lgohs e et ot htnhi ec heart of what it means to be Amazigh. Written Tarifit and Ethnic Identity Wt i erdi t tteon Tt haer i fTi ti fai nnadg he t hsnc irci pitd etnhtaitt y waar es cohf oAsme na zbiyg hI RlCaAn Mg utaog eb.e Dt hees poiftfei c hi aal vsicnrgi pat nv ieegwa toi vf el i t ve ireawc y , oFfa toi mr aal i tdyi d annodt vpi eo ws i tti hv ee Te ti hf i nn iacgihd es cnrt ii pt yt . aWs hi me np oarstkaendt it fosAh me ka nz iegwh the Tifinagh alphabet, Fatima rme ys pnoanmd ee d, ,m“yI jsui sstte kr ’ns onwa mh eo.wJ utsot ws ormi t ee loeft Tt ei frisn ba guht . I” cFaant i mr eac odgi dn inz oe t ssoeme me lteot tfeeresl at hney ionwt enrevri se hwi p, wo vh ee rn Tai sf ikneadg ha. bLoaut te rt hi ne o“ hraavl i nnga t uyroeu ro fo wTna r ilfaint , g us haeg e eaxnpdr e sysoeudr, ol i wk enr eaal pl , ”h ianbdeitc amt i ankgetsh ai tt s[hTea dr iifdi tn] ’ t mv ioerwe TI mi fai nzai gghhe na st ob ebl oen tghi negi r eonwonu g ahl pthoa bt he te. Ws h he esna i dt a, l“kI i nt egx tatbhoeumt itne xTt ai nr gi f i ti nb uTtawr i if ti ht , tmheea nailnpgh atbheet , L taht ien naol pr mh aabl e ta. l pWhha be ne t , ”I aTsakrei fdi t ihne rt h ei f TIimf i naaz gi ghh esnc r i pa rt eo nwsroi tci ni agl

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