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  2. Berbers - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Berber jewelry is a style of jewellery, originally worn by women and girls of different rural Berber groups of Morocco, Algeria and other North African countries. It is usually made of silver and includes elaborate triangular plates and pins, originally used as clasps for garments, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and similar items.

  3. Kahina - Wikipedia

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    Hasan ibn al-Nu'man marched from Egypt and captured the major Byzantine city of Carthage and other cities (see Muslim conquest of North Africa). Searching for another enemy to defeat, he was told that the most powerful monarch in North Africa was "the Queen of the Berbers" (Arabic: malikat al-barbar) Al-Kahina, and accordingly marched into Numidia.

  4. Jewellery of the Berber cultures - Wikipedia

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    Jewellery of a Berber woman in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris. Jewellery of the Berber cultures (Tamazight language: iqchochne imagine, ⵉⵇⵇⵛⵓⵛⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ) is a historical style of traditional jewellery that was worn by women mainly in rural areas of the Maghreb region in North Africa and inhabited by Indigenous Berber people (in the Berber language Tamazight ...

  5. Category:Berber women - Wikipedia

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    Berber women writers (2 P) This page was last edited on 19 December 2024, at 19:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  6. Kabyle people - Wikipedia

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    They represent the largest Berber population of Algeria and the second largest in North Africa. Many of the Kabyles have emigrated from Algeria, influenced by factors such as the Algerian Civil War, [14] cultural repression by the central Algerian government, [15] and overall industrial decline. Their diaspora has resulted in Kabyle people ...

  7. Tuareg people - Wikipedia

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    As in other rural Berber traditions, jewellery made of silver, coloured glass or iron is a special artform of the Tuareg people. [109] [110] While in other Berber cultures in the Maghreb jewelry is mainly worn by women, Tuareg men also wear necklaces, amulets and rings.

  8. Names of the Berber people - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] They are collectively known as Berbers or Amazigh in English. [4] The native plural form Imazighen is sometimes also used in English. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] While "Berber" is more widely known among English-speakers, its usage is a subject of debate, due to its historical background as an exonym and present equivalence with the Arabic word for ...

  9. Shilha people - Wikipedia

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    The Shilha people traditionally call themselves ishelhien.This endonym is rendered as les Chleuh in French. [7] The Ishelhien are also known as Shluh and Schlöh. [5] Among Arabic speakers, Chleuh serves as an appellation for Berbers generally, although Imazighen is the proper Berber self-name for Berbers as a whole.