Morocco's Berbers Reclaim Their Language and Their Indigenous Culture (fwd link)

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Morocco's Berbers Reclaim Their Language and Their Indigenous Culture
By Emma Schwartz
Posted March 13, 2008

AIT OURIR, MOROCCO—From the day Omar Boutmouzzar began teaching more than two
decades ago, he could address students only in a language other than his own. A
Moroccan Berber, Boutmouzzar was barred by law from using his native tongue—the
one spoken by the country's sizable indigenous population—inside the classroom.

Full article link below:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/03/13/moroccos-berbers-reclaim-their-language-and-their-indigenous-culture-.html