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Mohamed Chafik (born 17 September 1926, in Ayt Saden close to Fes
FES

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) is a Moroccan writer and specialist in Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 language and literature. He is the author of a Berber-Arab dictionary (3 volumes). He is also considered as one of the major figures in the Moroccan Amazigh Movement. He taught at the university, participated in many conferences about the Amazigh case and wrote many books. He received the Palmes Academiques Francaises (chevalier) in 1972) and is a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1980.






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Mohamed Chafik (born 17 September 1926, in Ayt Saden close to Fes
FES

Fes may refer to:* Fes, Morocco, also known as Fez, a city in Morocco* Persona 3 FES, an 'add-on' disk for Shin Megami Tensei:Persona 3.FES is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:...
) is a Moroccan writer and specialist in Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 language and literature. He is the author of a Berber-Arab dictionary (3 volumes). He is also considered as one of the major figures in the Moroccan Amazigh Movement. He taught at the university, participated in many conferences about the Amazigh case and wrote many books. He received the Palmes Academiques Francaises (chevalier) in 1972) and is a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1980. In 2002 he receceived the prestigious Prince Claus Award for his academic achievements.

He is also known as the writer and first signer of the Amazigh Manifesto in the year 2000 in which he and thousands of Amazigh activists demanded, from the Moroccan state, the official recognition of the Amazigh language as a national and official language of the kingdom.

In 2001, Mohamed Chafik was appointed by the king Mohammed VI to be the first rector of the newborn IRCAM
Royal institute of the Amazigh culture

The Royal institute of the Amazigh culture , is an academic institute of the Morocco government in charge with the safeguarding and the promotion of the Berber beliefs....
, the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture. He accepted the job but refused to receive any salary for it. Mr. Chafik is also member of the Moroccan advisory council on human rights.

Bibliography


  • The Arabic Amazigh dictionary / 3 volumes/ published by the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.
(Dictionaire bilingue arabe-amazigh, tome 1 (1990), tome 2 (1996), tome 3 (1999), Publications de l'Académie marocaine.)
  • 33 centuries of Amazigh History.
  • Chafik, M, Trente trois siècle de l’histoire des imazighen, Boukili éd. 2000 (3e éd.).
  • Chafik, M, La poésie amazighe et la résistance armée dans le Moyen Atlas et l’Est du Haut Atlas, revue de l’Académie du Royaume, no4,1987.
  • The Amazigh Language's Linguistic Structure.
  • Diggings in the Amazigh Language.
  • 44 lessons in the Amazigh Language.


External links

  • Interview with Mohamed Chafik in TelQuel-Online by Driss Ksikes (in French): "L'Islam prône la Laïcité"
  • Aitsadden.com
  • twaiza.ifrance.com


See also

  • Royal institute of the Amazigh culture
    Royal institute of the Amazigh culture

    The Royal institute of the Amazigh culture , is an academic institute of the Morocco government in charge with the safeguarding and the promotion of the Berber beliefs....
  • Berber mythology
    Berber mythology

    Berber people beliefs or Amazigh beliefs are the beliefs of the indigenous Berber people of North Africa . These beliefs were influenced primarily by the beliefs of the Berbers' Egyptian neighbors, as well as by other people who lived in the area, such as Phoenicians, Jews, Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans....