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2 unusual facts about Kabyle


Kingdom of Kuku

The Kingdom of Kuku was a Kabyle kingdom founded in 1510 which ruled over much of greater Kabylia.

Lounès Matoub

Lounès Matoub (in Kabyle: Lwennas Maṭub, in Tifinagh: ⵍⵡⴻⵏⵏⴰⵙ ⵎⴰⵟⵓⴱ, Algerian Arabic: مطوب لوناس) (January 24, 1956 – June 25, 1998) was a famous Berber Kabyle singer,poet,thinker and mondol player who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause, human rights and secularism in Algeria throughout his life.


Islam in Algeria

but they are concentrated in the larger cities and in Kabylie (Matoub Lounes or Ferhat Mehenni to name few are popular singers among Kabyle youth).

Kamel Messaoudi

He was born from a kabyle parents on the 30 January 1961, in Bouzaréah at the suburbs of Algiers where he grew up.

M'hamed Issiakhem

M'hamed Issiakhem (1928–1985) (in Kabyle:Muḥand Isyaxem) is one of the founders of the modern Algerian painting.

Maghreb French

Most of French speakers are in fact Kabyles, where Arabs are less (even if many of them use a mixture of French and Arabic in daily conversation, which is not the case for Kabyle speakers).

Nadir Benoufella

Nadir Benoufella (in kabyle: Nadir Bennufella) (born April 3, 1987 in Algeria) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a goalkeeper for JS Kabylie in the Algerian league.

Sohane Benziane

On October 4, 2002 in Vitry-sur-Seine, South of Paris, 17 year old Sohane Benziane, the daughter of Kabyle immigrants, was burned alive in front of her friends in a cellar by her former boyfriend, a local caid (gang leader).


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