Carpet-weaving is the oldest recorded art in North Africa and its practice is intrinsically associated with Amazigh women. Various studies highlight this art as an example of feminine genius and creativity, a ‘social reproduction’ way of ensuring cultural continuity and countering/refusing erasure.

This seminar starts from this fact to make the argument that Amazigh women’s ancestral art may well be at the source of the codification and stabilization of the Amazigh language.

Speaker: Dr. Fatima Sadiqi Visiting Professor College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University