Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture

ⴰⵙⵉⵏⴰⴳ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵜⵓⵙⵙⵏⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
المعهد الملكي للثقافة الأمازيغية
Entrance to the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
Latin: Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
Institut royal de la culture amazighe
Established2001
PresidentAhmed Boukouss
Secretary GeneralM. E. H. El Moujahid
AddressAlal Fasi Street
PO Box 2055
Hay Riad
Location,
Websitewww.ircam.ma

The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (French: Institut royal de la culture amazighe (IRCAM); Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵉⵏⴰⴳ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵜⵓⵙⵙⵏⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, romanized: Asinag Ageldan n Tussna Tamazight (SGSM); Arabic: المعهد الملكي للثقافة الأمازيغية, romanizedal-Ma‘had al-Malikī lith-Thaqāfah al-Amāzīghīyah) is an academic institute of the Moroccan government in charge with the promotion of the Berber languages and culture, and of the development of Standard Moroccan Amazigh and its instruction in Morocco's public schools.[1][2]

The institute is located in the Moroccan capital of Rabat. It was officially founded on October 17, 2001, under a royal decree of King Mohammed VI, and was run by Amazigh scholars and activists.[1][2][3] The institute had legal and financial independence from the executive branch of government, but its recommendations about the education of the Berber languages in Moroccan public schools are not legally binding to the government.

After nineteen years of existence the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture ceased to exist as an independent institution in February 2020.[4] It continues to function as a division of National Council for Amazigh Languages and Culture.[5]

  1. ^ a b Crawford, David L. (2005). "Royal Interest in Local Culture: Amazigh Identity and the Moroccan State". Nationalism and minority identities in Islamic societies. Maya Shatzmiller. Montreal [Que.]: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-7735-7254-6. OCLC 191819018.
  2. ^ a b Wyrtzen, Jonathan (2013). "National resistance, amazighité, and (re)-imagining the nation in Morocco". Revisiting the colonial past in Morocco. Driss Maghraoui. London: Routledge. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-415-63847-0. OCLC 793224528.
  3. ^ Soulaimani, Dris (2016-01-02). "Writing and rewriting Amazigh/Berber identity: Orthographies and language ideologies". Writing Systems Research. 8 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1080/17586801.2015.1023176. ISSN 1758-6801. S2CID 144700140.
  4. ^ Guzik, Mateusz; Krasnopolski, Maciej; Nabulssi, Zuzanna. "The Forefront of Revitalization. Nineteen Years of the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM)" (PDF). Oriental Review. 1 (273): 55–68. doi:10.33896/POrient.2020.1.4 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  5. ^ "Moroccan Parliament Votes to End the Existence of Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture". Amazigh World News. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

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