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Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring Bruce Maddy- Weitzman University of Texas Press Austin Copyright © 2022 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2022 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713- 7819 utpress .utexas .edu /rp - form ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48- 1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Maddy- Weitzman, Bruce, author. Title: Amazigh politics in the wake of the Arab Spring / Bruce Maddy- Weitzman. Description: First edition. | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021024487 (print) | LCCN 2021024488 (e-b ook) ISBN 978- 1- 4773- 2482- 0 (hardcover) ISBN 978- 1- 4773- 2483- 7 (PDF e- book) ISBN 978- 1- 4773- 2484- 4 (ePub e- book) Subjects: LCSH: Berbers—Political activity—Africa, North—History—21st century. | Arab Spring, 2010– | Berbers—Ethnic identity. | National characteristics, African. | Berbers—Africa, North—Social conditions—History. | Africa, North—Politics and government—History—21st century. | Africa, North—Ethnic relations—History. Classification: LCC DT193.5.B45 M3268 2022 (print) | LCC DT193.5.B45 (e-b ook) | DDC 960.3/312—dc23 LC record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2021024487 LC e- book record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2021024488 doi:10.7560/324820 For Maya, Ilai, and Lavi. May you help make the world a better place. Contents List of Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Toward a Second Republic? Algeria and the Amazigh Question 21 2. Obscure No Longer: Libyan Imazighen in a Fractured Polity 55 3. Azawad: The Abortive Republic 87 4. Tunisia: The Amazigh Factor Enters the Realm 105 5. Moroccan Imazighen and the Makhzen: From Recognition to Malaise 125 Conclusion 157 Notes 163 Index 199 List of Maps 0.1 Amazigh- speaking groups 8 0.2 Tamazgha 12 1.1 Amazigh- speaking regions in Algeria 24 1.2 Mzab- Wargala Amazigh- speaking region 42 2.1 Ethnic groups in Libya 59 3.1 Azawad 88 4.1 Amazigh- speaking concentrations in Tunisia 107 5.1 Amazigh- speaking regions in Morocco 128
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