Browsing: North

In the haze of el ghorba—the strangeness and alienation of living abroad—I gravitate toward the Maghrebi diaspora. For a moment, we relax our tongues from the unnatural twists of Arabic dialects foreign to us and speak in the Maghrebi darijas. Desperate to latch onto whatever whispers of home exist elsewhere, we claim that we are…

Across North Africa, Amazigh communities are rediscovering their language, culture and identity. But as a people with a long and complex history, including deep roots in North African Christianity, many are also asking what their identity means today. For Christians, this moment presents new opportunities to share the good news about Jesus.