"Gaïa" is the name of an ancient Berber prince. Parents of an infant who is not recorded by the civil registrar may face obstacles when applying for a passport for the child, reimbursement by ...

non-Arab names like Jurgurtha and Messina -- the names of ancient Berber kings -- are blacklisted. Only Arabic names like Hassan and Ahmed are allowed. "To Berber militants, this is a case of ...

He brings up the legendary female leader of the Berber struggle against Arabs, Al-Kâhina. Slouschz argues that her name means “daughter of a Jewish priest” in Hebrew — derived from the ...

ABDELMADJID LABADI, who lives in Algeria, could have chosen an Arabic name for his daughter. But he wanted one that reflected his Berber ethnicity. His choices were limited: Algeria keeps a list ...

They forced you to change your child’s name Mazigh Buzakhar, Libyan Berber activist “Even children’s names – there was a law which banned any names that were not Arabic or Islamic.

In a packed classroom on a cool evening near the front line in Libya's civil war, 15-year-old Mira is teaching children to spell out the names of animals in the ancient Berber script, an act that ...