Yennayer, whose name comes from “yan” (one) and “ayyur” (month) in Tamazight, marks the first month of the year in the Amazigh calendar, a system that dates back over 3,000 years. It is linked to the ...

The Amazigh calendar begins in 950 BCE, when King Sheshonq ascended to the throne in Egypt, which means that this year is 2974 according to this calendar. Considered the original inhabitants of ...

Yennayer is the first day of the agricultural calendar of ancient Berbers used throughout North Africa. It is also often called the Amazigh New Year. Amazigh is an official language in Morocco, and ...

The Amazigh calendar starts at 950 BCE, when King Sheshonq ascended the throne of Egypt, meaning this year is 2974. For Amazigh communities in Morocco, this Yennayer will be particularly special.

As a child, Mohammed Ait Amghar, a shopkeeper from the Azilal region in Morocco, could only speak his native language, Amazigh. In 1982, when he was 8 years old, he felt unwell in class, his teacher ...

In a Facebook post, the Islamist scholar doubled down on his statements, sharing claims that the Amazigh calendar is not historically accurate and that the history of Amazighs in Morocco is filled ...

Each time they would celebrate their new year – on 13 January – they would take to the street to mark Yennayer. The Amazigh, sometimes called Imazighen, have their calendar derived from the Julian one ...