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unusual facts about Kabyle people



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).

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.

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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