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	YWAM - Adopt a People
		This group is sometimes referred to as the Berbers of Southern Morocco or the Sous Berbers.
		The Rifi Berbers of Northern Morocco are several tribes eking out an existence on the harsh and uninviting slopes of the Rif Mountains.
		Rifi youth are discouraged by the lack of job opportunities and many seek to leave the country in search of a better life.
	www.ywamfm.com /aap/africanw.html (506 words)

	Morocco - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Berber troops were used extensively by the Arabs in their conquest of Spain, which began in 711.
		The unification of the country was the work of Berbers from south of the Tlas, nomads from the country now known as Mauritania.
		The Berbers were reforming Muslims; their first great leader, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, was an austere Muslim, living on camel flesh and milk and wearing only woolen garments.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761572952__1/Morocco.html (6386 words)

	Morocco - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The original population of Morocco was Berber, and about three-quarters of all present-day Moroccans are of at least partial Berber descent.
		Berbers were the original, pre-Islamic inhabitants of Morocco.
		Berber belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family (see African Languages) and is spoken across North Africa and throughout the Sahara.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761572952___7/Morocco.html (1168 words)

	Makhzen fierce crack-down strikes Berber students
		The Berber culture is good as a folklore to show to western tourists and Berbers are only good to serve their masters of the arabo-baathist-alaouite regime.
		Berbers claim their right of existing as Berbers with their language officially recognized, taught in schools and their culture promoted on media and television.
		Berber movment is not manpulated by any western country and you all are aware of Berbers to be the only ones to have fiercely fought the French occupier in Morocco during the thirties
	www.yabiladi.com /forum/read-44-1915232.html (3767 words)

	UNHCR - Morocco: Brief history of the Berbers including their origins and geographic location
		The Berbers of Morocco are the descendants of the prehistoric Caspian culture of North Africa.
		Berber discontent was formalized in 1958 with the establishment of the "Mouvement Populaire," an explicitly Berber political party.
		Berbers in Morocco perceive their identity to be threatened primarily by marginalization and exclusion from access to education and media exposure in the country.
	www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3df4be668.html (1930 words)

	Tarifit info here at en.128-mb.info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rifi redirects here, for the alarmed Rifi in Greece, glom Rifi, Greece Tarifit Spoken in: Morocco, Algeria Region: Rif Total speakers: 4.5 million Language family: Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Zenati Rif Tarifit Language codes ISO 639-1: none ISO 639-2: ber ISO/FDIS 639-3: rif Note: This folio may IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.
		Tarifit is a Northern Berber language of the Zenati subgroup, spoken generally in the Moroccan Rif by about 3.5 million generic conjunct inward Morocco by 1 million Moroccan immigrants in the Benelux, Germany, France Spain.
		Tarifit is a Berber language, belonging to the Zenati subgroup of Northern Berber, the Rif subgroup of Zenati.
	en.128-mb.info /Tarifit (631 words)

	Al Maghreb Al Aqsa -- Morocco Notes (Part 1/4)
		The Berbers of Morocco are the descendants of this Capsian culture.
		Moroccan Berbers are divided into several tribes, which speak one of three principle dialects of the Berber language -- Rifi of the Rif; Tamazight of the Middle Atlas, the central High Atlas and the Sahara; and Tashilhit of the High Atlas and the Anti Atlas.
		Among some Berbers, the Tuaregs in particular, the marabouts are considered to be different from ordinary men -they are believed to possess the powers of protection and healing, even after death, and their shrines are carefully tended.
	www.grandpoohbah.net /Grandpoohbah/mornotes0.htm (2684 words)

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		De Berbers en Byzantijnen verweerden zich fel, maar de Arabieren slaagden er toch in hun heerschappij uit te breiden en grote delen van de bevolking tot de islam te bekeren.
		Berbers zijn aanhangers van natuurgeloven (animatisch) met joodse en christelijke invloeden, leven in tribaal verband (stammen) en doen aan voorouderverering.
		Criterium is het spreken van Ã©Ã©n van de drie Berberse dialecten: - het Tarifit of Rifi in het noorden en Rif - het Tamazight in Centraal Marokko - het Tachelhit in het zuiden, in de Sous.
	www.geocities.com /kcstunderground/marroko.doc (2613 words)

	raioo.com - Berbers: Who Are These People? Where Do They Come From?
		Berber 'civilization' was in long decline long before any ARABS arrived in North Africa largely because the Berber tribes had been fighting wars with each other for domination and the Berbers were not very successful in their campaigns against other 'peoples' entering the region.
		Berbers should be celebrating their time in History, not wasting time seeking to look for 'new' wounds to 'open' as political causes whose interests are not clear.
		With the disintegration of these dynasties, the Berbers of the plains were gradually absorbed by the Arabs, while those who lived in inaccessible mountain regions, such as the Aur?s, the Kabylia, the Rif, and the Atlas, retained their culture and warlike traditions.
	www.raioo.com /discussion/chat.php?type=morocco&id=berbers (2565 words)

	Emazighen.com / Use of toxic gases in Rif
		Rabat hospitals allegedly have recorded that 60% of the nation’s cases of larynx and stomach cancer originate from the region said to be gased.
		In 1921, when Spain occupied Morocco’s northern coast, the Rif Mountains and some southern areas, Berber chiefs mounted a fierce rebellion in the Rif to free the region from the European colonizers.
		Berber groups, only armed with outdated rifles, managed to fight back the colonial troops.
	www.emazighen.com /breve.php3?id_breve=90 (621 words)

	north of africa . com
		The Rif Revolt was one of the more remarkable bids for self-determination to occur during the European late colonial period, and was pursued by the Rifi and Jibala peoples of Morocco between 1920 and 1926.
		Risk Assessment Moroccan Berbers have no significant risks for rebellion in the near future, despite their history of violent uprising as recently as the 1980s.
		Tashelhiyt Berber is spoken in the High Atlas, the Anti Atlas, the Souss plains, and in major cities (Casablanca, Rabat) of Morocco).
	www.north-of-africa.com /mot.php3?id_mot=11 (961 words)

	Mahjoob.Com Forums - View Single Post - How many Arabic Cultures?
		The vast difference between the crude life on the streets and the hospitality and intimacy found in the home reflect the duality that is deeply ingrained in Moroccan culture.
		The Rif are home to the Rifi Berbers, one of the largest indigenous tribes remaining in the country.
		The Berber linguistic tradition is oral rather than literary, and there is no formal alphabet or standard written form of the language.
	www.mahjoob.com /en/forums/showpost.php?p=3474631&postcount=18 (480 words)

	[ Noumidia.Tk ] Your New Amazigh Website Online --> Rif War
		The fact that parents in these Berber areas often let the schools teach their children Arabic, while the parents only pass on Tarifit has often been an issue of contention as these people are practicing Muslims and do not wish to use the language of the faith.
		The zawiyya had long been a staple of Moroccan spirituality, and especially Berber spirituality, and consisted of a type of shrine at the tomb of a holy man. These zawiyyas were highly criticized throughout the Arab world for being a form of idolatry and not truly Islamic, and ‘Abd al-Karim felt the same way.
		Perhaps a huge factor was that with the poverty of the time the general Rifi population felt that an outsider could not understand their plight and, in that case, would not care.
	www.geocities.com /noumidiawebsite/rifwar.html (3190 words)

	Emazighen.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Amazigh, who are also known as Berbers, make up more than 10% of the population and consider themselves to be Libyans, but not Arabs. Muammar Gaddafi has long proclaimed that the Berbers are originally pure Arabs.
		He added that “research has shown there are strong indicators that the cancer is caused by the gases that were used against the resistance in the north.” Omari stressed that using gases is a crime according to the international law, clearly cited in 1925 Geneva Convention.
		Berber groups, only armed with outdated rifles, managed to fight back the colonial troops. According to an article in Afrol News, Only the historian Juan Pando has confirmed the use of toxic gases in the war.
	www.emazighen.com /backend-breves.php3 (1246 words)

	Sunni Muslim Rifi Berbers in France - JOURNAL CHRETIEN
		The Rifis are almost all Muslims, although their religious practices are based more on traditions and on the decisions of the community rather than on the Koran.
		Many Rifis are searching for answers beyond Islamic thought, and in France there is freedom to do so.
		Life for the Rifi family in France is hard.
	www.spcm.org /Journal/spip.php?article7952 (368 words)

	Joshua Project - Berber, Arabized of Morocco Ethnic People Profile
		The Berbers were particularly affected by the mass immigrations of Arab Bedouins in the eleventh century.
		For this reason, the Arabization of the Berber was confined to the plains and plateau areas.
		While the Berbers adopted the five pillars of Islam, each was modified a little to fit their local traditions and tastes.
	www.joshuaproject.net /peopctry.php?rop3=100432&rog3=MO (1293 words)

	Resources for Outreach among Unreached People Groups
		The Rif Berbers of North Africa call themselves Amazigh, which means The Free People.
		The "Rif Berbers" are numerous tribes of tough and hardened people eking out an existence on the harsh, uninviting slopes of the Rif Mountains, located in the northwestern portion of Africa.
		This booklet focuses specifically on the 1.8 million Riffi Berbers whose name comes from the Rif Mountain range which is their homeland.
	createinternational.com /indigitech/APRI/peoplegroups/rifberber.html (656 words)

	Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The relevant > ISO codes are: > > KAB Kabyle > BER Berber (Other) > > but TMZ or MZ would be much better, because the term "Berber" is no longer > politically correct, and most Berbers prefer "Tamazight" (and most Kabyles The ISO codes doesn't have to match the language name.
		The codes are just a an arbitrary two (or three) letter combination, and as long as the language doesn't change, the code should remain the same.
		There is plentiful > web activity in Berber (mainly in the Kabyle, Rifi, and Tachelhit dialects), > and if this domain name existed, I believe contributions would start coming > in.
	article.gmane.org /gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.international/2950 (354 words)

	Unreached People Groups
		The "Rif Berbers" are numerous tribes of tough and hardened people eking out an existence on the harsh, uninviting slopes of the Rif Mountains, located in the northwestern portion of Africa.
		The Berbers were nominally Christian until Islam was brought to Morocco by Arab armies in the 7th Century.
		It is estimated that by 2000 there were 500 believers and some seekers in about 20 small groups meeting for fellowship.
	www.cogwm.org /upg/groups/rifberber.cfm (441 words)

	Sirocco :: August :: 2005
		The stiffest resistance to colonization was offered by Berber tribesmen: descendants of North Africa’s original inhabitants, who once ruled all the land between Morocco and Egypt.
		When this was rumored to change in 1919, the Spanish-educated Abd al-Karim (1882-1963), a disillusioned former functionary in the colonial administration, began uniting the tribes against the invaders.
		According to the activists, hospital records reveal that 60 percent of Morocco’s prevalence of larynx and stomach cancer is found in the affected parts of the Rif.
	sirocco.blogsome.com /2005/08 (9639 words)

	Words For Change (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We can also mention, the behaviour of the candidates during election times, which is typically tribal, as they invite people and hold ceremonies as a sign of their generosity like their tribal ancestors used to do, whereas, these practices are seen as bribery by the modern state.
		Molay Idriss married the daughter of the chief of the Berbers, as a symbol of blood alliance between the two.
		However, due to the social particularities of Berber tribes and to the mixture that forms the Moroccan society, the Kings of Morocco many centuries ago have chosen to adopt Sunna as religious doctrine instead of Shia.
	www.blog.ma /samaher (16394 words)

	Tarifit language resources
		Berber traditions and the Berber language (actually three dialects, Tamazight, Tachelhit and Tarifit) are being lost rapidly.
		The Rif Berbers are among the original inhabitants of this area.
		Among the Berber languages are Tarifit or Riffi (northern Morocco), Kabyle (Algeria) and Tashelhiyt (central Morocco).
	mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Tarifit.html (1118 words)

	People Groups \| Northern Africa and the Middle East
		We endeavor to bring the gospel to each and every people group in NAME so that all may have a first-hand witness of and opportunity to choose Jesus' love, holiness, grace, and redemption for themselves.
		The Kabyle are a Berber tribe located in the coastal mountain regions of northern Algeria, as well as in Morocco, Tunisia, western Libya.
		Migration is becoming more common among the Berbers, and it is estimated that several million Berbers now live in European cities.
	www.experiencename.com /peoples (407 words)

	please help me to find the meaning of a word in tunisian berber? - Kabyle.com forums
		A few Tunisian Berbers post in that forum and will be able to shed better light on your quest.
		Another argument pleading in favor of the name is the fact that chawi and berber of the south in tunisia as well as somepocket remote in the area of "Kef" thijerouine, Tala maybe also zrissa are all in the extension fo the lesser aures region which is the extreme east of what is now algeria.
		And yes,the language of the tunisian berber is very similar to the chawi specially the tribes that are in the extention of the west and south ot tunisia.
	www.kabyle.com /forums/showthread.php?p=235430 (2264 words)

	Peoples of NAME \| Northern Africa and the Middle East
		The Northern Shilha of Algeria and Morocco, known as the "Rif Berbers," are numerous tribes of tough and hardened people eking out an existence on the harsh, uninviting slopes of the Rif Mountains.
		The land, located in the northwestern portion of Africa, is a combination of deserts, mountains, and rolling fields.
		The word "Rif" is an Arabic word meaning "the edge of cultivated area." The Rif Berbers are actually made up of 19 tribes: 5 in the west along the Mediterranean coast, 7 in the center, 5 in the east, and 2 in the southeastern desert area.
	www.experiencename.com /peoples/pgfocus.php?pgcode=rifber (641 words)

	Agraw.com - News & Articles - Culture - The Amazigh issue under the scope of Mr. Abdeslam Khalafi
		He gave the example of Rifis even if they are not the ruling group, they do obey the rulings of the sultan was he an Arab, Amazigh, or Rifi.
		The Sussis, on the other hand tend to be more predominantly present in the army, while the Rifis tend to immigrate abroad.
		The first thing to start with according to him is to omit the use of "Berbers", which has a reference to savagery and barbarism and rather use "Amazigh" which is a more representative term.
	www.agraw.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=40 (767 words)

	Africa and Slavery 1500-1800 by Sanderson Beck
		His son al-Harran captured Tlemcen the next year, but al-Harran ventured east and was defeated by the Ottomans and their Berber allies, who reconquered Tlemcen.
		In the early 17th century slave-owning Fulbe nomads settled in the Segu region and married Berber, Bambara and Mande women.
		In 1660 the Hassani were fighting the Berber marabouts in Mauritania.
	www.san.beck.org /1-13-Africa1500-1800.html (22906 words)

	YWAM - Adopt a People
		The reindeer provide the main source of food, clothing, household tools, and transportation, and are the defining element of wealth and social status.
		Rifi Berber, The Netherlands (Holland) (population TBD) Islam.
		In this European city, the Rifi are settling into specific neighborhoods and setting up their own markets, and the women continue to dress in their traditional robes with head scarves.
	www.ywamfm.org /aap/europe.html (184 words)

	Tarifit language resources
		Tarifit (Berber) Tat Tatar, Kazan Tatar Tausug Tehuelche Telugu (Dravidian) Temiar, Northern Sakai (...
		Berber traditions and the Berber language (actually three dialects, Tamazight, Tachelhit and Tarifit) are being lost rapidly.
		Among the Berber languages are Tarifit or Riffi (northern Morocco), Kabyle (Algeria) and Tashelhiyt (central Morocco).
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Tarifit.html (1118 words)

	Joshua Project - Arab, Moroccan of Morocco Ethnic People Profile
		Over the centuries, the Arabs have become somewhat intermingled with the Berbers, and this has influenced their way of life.
		Most of the city-dwellers descended from the Moors; whereas, the rural-dwellers are considered "Arabized Berbers." Among the rural Arab, several classes have formed, which include nobles (alleged descendants of Mohammed), large landowners, peasants, and tenant farmers.
		The Moroccan Arab live mainly in the north and west portions of Morocco.
	www.joshuaproject.net /peopctry.php?rog3=MO&rop3=106804 (1155 words)

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