Wednesday, February 24, 2021

languages

Reporter’s Notebook: The Shopkeeper

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BY IMANI BRAMMER

Along a long road lined with colorful shops of sterling silver earrings, rope bracelets and handmade leather goods, lies a shop with racks of hangers holding airy dresses and 90’s inspired vests. Standing beside a paisley patterned navy shirt is Jamal Chahboun.

Chahboun, owner of a small Chefchaouen shop passed down from his father, speaks about his love for people, his fear to leave home and his usage of seven different languages.

While Chahboun walks to the front of his shop, an intricately patterned pink vest intrigues a young woman.

Should Tamazight Be Taught in Schools?

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By ISHAN THAKORE

Sara Erryfy, 19, still cannot decipher the ancient symbols that her native language uses, which hardly resemble Arabic and conjure only fleeting similarities to English. But she is determined to speak and teach her ancestral tongue, Tamazight, for generations to come

“I will teach Tamazight to my children and grandchildren just like my mother and grandmother did,” Erryfy said.

Tamazight is a main dialect of the Berber, or Amazigh, people. The Amazigh are the original inhabitants of Morocco and have had a significant impact on the culture. Sixty percent of Moroccans claim some degree of Amazigh heritage, according to a BBC article.

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