The Berber Origins

The Berber culture is great and has a very rich history. No one knows exactly where the berbers came from. Today, there are four theories on who the Berbers are and how they came to be in Morocco. One of them is that they were Palestinian tribe whose chief was Goliath. After Goliath was killed by David, the tribe fled westwards toward Morocco. Another theory saisthat they were a Central Asian tribe that migrated into Africa around 650 - 600 Before Christ. There is another story on where the berbers come from. One day, - Ifrikos the king of Yemen invaded north africa and found people speaking an incomprehensible tongue. He called them "Berbera" , which means "A mixture of incomprehensible words". When the Romans came they found the same people speaking the same tongue. They called them "Barbari" for barbarians. This is how these people got the name "Berbers".

My Life in Morocco

I came to Morocco about three years ago, because of my parent’s job. Although my parents have been dragging me around the world most of my life, I spent four years of my life in my homeland, Croatia. There, I was free, I could go anywhere alone in the city on foot, or with a tramway. I went to school alone, It was just a ten minute walk from my apartment. Here I can’t go anywhere on foot, I have to use a car for everything. And guess what, I can’t drive! In Croatia I could leave for a walk or go to the park whenever I wanted, here, in Morocco, Im behind this wall all the time in my house or at school. The only thing i come out for is school, which i go to in a car. It’s like prison.

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog!

I have just recently came back from my school trip to the Atlas Mountains. The Atlas Mountains are the home of the berbers, an interesting culture in North Africa. You will read about the Berber Culture in this blog. During the trip we stayed in a small Berber village called Imlil. Is was made of small mud houses, and the rooms were very small.






A map of the berber village, Imlil where we stayed.
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