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tably in the first battle of kalaa of the beni abbes martinus rørbye 1803 1848 a seated kabyle the kabyles were relatively independent of outside control during the period of ottoman empire rule in north africa they lived primarily in three different kingdoms the kingdom of kuku the kingdom of ait abbas and the principality of aït jubar 56 kabylia was the last part of northern algeria to be colonised by the french during the years 1854 1857 despite vigorous resistance 57 such leaders as lalla fatma n soumer continued the resistance as late as mokrani s rebellion in 1871 french colonists invented the kabyle myth in the 19th century which asserted that the kabyle people were more predisposed than arabs to assimilate into french civilization lacoste explained that turning the arabs into invaders was one way of legitimizing the french presence 58 lalla fatma n soumer of tariqa led the resistance against french colonization 1851 1857 kabyle villages were ruled through an indirect administration based on the preservation of kabyle traditional political institutions such as the village s assemblies djemaas this institution played a central role in the kabyle s self governance 57 the djemaas would resolve disputes between the village s inhabitants and edict the customary law rules 57 french officials confiscated much land from the more recalcitrant tribes and granted it to colonists who became known as pieds noirs during this period the french carried out many arrests and deported resisters mainly to new caledonia in the south pacific due to french colonization many kabyle emigrated to other areas inside and outside algeria 59 over time immigrant workers also began to go to france in the 1920s algerian immigrant workers in france organized the first party promoting algerians independence messali hadj imache amar si djilani mohammed and belkacem radjef rapidly built a strong following throughout france and algeria in the 1930s they developed militants who became vital to the fight for an independent algeria this became widespread after world war ii since algeria gained independence in 1962 tensions have arisen between kabylia and the central government on several occasions in july 1962 the fln national liberation front was split rather than united indeed many actors who contributed to independence wanted a share of power but the aln national liberation army directed by houari boumédiène and joined by ahmed ben bella had the upper hand because of their military forces citation needed in 1963 the ffs party of hocine aït ahmed contested the authority of the fln which had promoted itself as the only party in the nation aït ahmed and others considered the central government led by ben bella authoritarian and on september 3 1963 the ffs socialist forces front was created by hocine aït ahmed 60 this party grouped opponents of the regime then in place and a few days after its proclamation ben bella sent the army into kabylia to repress the insurrection colonel mohand oulhadj also took part in the ffs and in the maquis fr because he considered that the mujahideen were not treated as they should be 61 in the beginning the ffs wanted to negotiate with the government but since no agreement was reached the maquis took up arms and swore not to give them up as long as democratic principles and justice were clarification needed a part of the system but after mohand oulhadj s defection aït ahmed could barely sustain the movement and after the fln congress on april 16 1964 which reinforced the government s legitimacy he was arrested in october 1964 as a consequence the insurrection was a failure in 1965 because it was hugely repressed by the forces of the aln under houari boumédiène in 1965 aït ahmed was sentenced to death but later pardoned by ben bella approximately 400 deaths were counted amongst the maquis 60 in 1980 protesters mounted several months of demonstrations in kabylia demanding the recognition of berber as an official language this period has been called the berber spring in 1994 1995 the kabyles conducted a school boycott termed the strike of the school bag in june and july 1998 they protested in events that turned violent after the assassination of singer matoub lounès and the passage of a law requiring the use of the arabic language in all fields on 18 april 2001 a kabyle high school student massinissa guermah was arrested and murdered by algerian gendarmes in the town of beni douala guermah s murder in police custody sparked a series of nationwide protests by the kabyles that became known as a black spring which resulted in at least 126 people being killed by the algerian police and gendarmerie nationale while several thousand others were injured or imprisoned at the same time organized kabyle activism established the arouch and neo traditional local councils the protests gradually decreased after the kabyles won some concessions from president abdelaziz bouteflika 62 63 on 6 january 2016 tamazight was officially recognized in algeria s constitution as a language equal to arabic 64 geography regions of kabyle settlements in algeria the geography of the kabyle region played an important role in the people s history the difficult mountainous landscape of the tizi ouzou and bejaia provinces served as a refuge to which most of the kabyle people retreated when under pressure or occupation they were able to preserve their cultural heritage in such isolation from other cultural influences the area supported local dynasties numidia fatimids in the kutama periods zirids hammadids and hafsids of bejaïa or algerian modern nationalism and the war of independence the region was repeatedly occupied by various conquerors romans and byzantines controlled the main road and valley during the period of antiquity and avoided the mountains mont ferratus 65 during the spread of islam arabs controlled plains but not all the countryside they were called el aadua enemy by the kabyle 66 the regency of algiers under ottoman influence tried to have indirect influence over the people makhzen tribes of amraoua and marabout 67 the french gradually and totally conquered the region and set up a direct administration the djurdjura chain topographic map of kabylia algerian provinces with significant kabyle speaking populations include tizi ouzou béjaïa and bouira where they are a majority as well as boumerdes sétif bordj bou arreridj and jijel algiers also has a significant kabyle population where they make up more than half of the capital s population the kabyle region is referred to as al qabayel tribes by the arabic speaking population and as kabylie in french its indigenous inhabitants call it tamurt idurar land of mountains or tamurt n iqbayliyen tamurt n iqbayliyen land of the kabyle it is part of the atlas mountains and is located at the edge of the mediterranean culture and society language main article kabyle language the kabyle ethnic group speaks kabyle a berber language of the afroasiatic family it is the largest berber language in algeria 68 in 2004 it was spoken by 3 million people 69 and has significant arabic french latin greek phoenician and punic substratum with arabic loanwords representing 22 7 to 46 70 of the total kabyle vocabulary with many estimates putting it at about 35 71 many kabyles also speak algerian arabic and french during the first centuries of their history kabyles used the libyco berber writing system ancestor of the modern tifinagh since the beginning of the 19th century and under french influence kabyle intellectuals began to use the latin script it is the basis for the modern berber latin alphabet after the independence of algeria some kabyle activists tried to revive the old tifinagh alphabet this new version of tifinagh has been called neo tifinagh but its use remains limited kabyle literature has continued to be written in the latin script religion the kabyle people are mainly muslim with a small christian minority 72 many zawaya exist all over the region the rahmaniyya is the most prolific catholics of kabyle background generally live in france recently the protestant community has had significant growth particularly among evangelical denominations 73 literature the kabyle people have a rich history of oral literature such as asefru performed by imusnawen 74 economy the traditional economy of the area is based on arboriculture orchards and olive trees and on the craft industry tapestry or pottery mountain and hill farming is gradually giving way to local industry textile and agro alimentary in the middle of the 20th century with the influence and funding from the kabyle diaspora many industries were developed in this region it has become the second most important industrial region in the country after algiers citation needed politics demonstration by kabyles in paris in april 2016 the kabyle have been fierce activists in promoting the cause of berber amazigh identity the movement has three groups those kabyle who identify as part of a larger berber nation berberists those who identify as part of the algerian nation known as algerianists some view algeria as an essentially berber nation and those who consider the kabyle to be a distinct nation separate from but akin to other berber peoples known as kabylists two political parties dominate in kabylie and have their principal support base there the socialist forces front ffs led by ali laskri who replaced hocine aït ahmed 75 and the rally for culture and democracy rcd led by mohcine belabbès who replaced saïd sadi 76 both parties are secularist berberist and algerianist during the black spring of 2001 the berber arouch citizens movement emerged as a revival of the village assembly a traditional kabyle form of democratic organization the arouch share roughly the same political views as the ffs and the rcd the black spring also gave rise to the movement for the autonomy of kabylie mak a political organization that strove for kabylie s right to a regional autonomy on 21 april 2010 mak proclaimed a provisional government of kabylie in exile anavad ferhat mehenni was elected president by the national council of the mak 77 in 2013 mak officially became an independentist movement and renamed itself the movement for the self determination of kabylia diaspora main article kabyle diaspora for historical and economic reasons many kabyles have emigrated to france both for work and to escape political persecution they now number around 1 million people 78 79 some notable french people are of full or partial kabyle descent notable people main article list of kabyle people sport zinedine zidane samir aït saïd mohamed allek yacine adli hakim arezki larbi benboudaoud mustapha dahleb soraya haddad mohand chérif hannachi cherif hamia kheira hamraoui salah larbes rabah madjer kylian mbappé through mother sarah ourahmoune moussa saïb hocine soltani mehdi tahrat zinedine zidane business ali haddad meziane idjerouidene through father issad rebrab cinema isabelle adjani through father karim aïnouz through father mhamed arezki habiba djahnine fellag mohamed hilmi jalil lespert through mother rouiched erika sawajiri through mother malik zidi through father music abderrahmane abdelli lounis aït menguellet slimane azem chérifa malika domrane rachid ferhani idir mohamed iguerbouchène marina kaye through mother souad massi matoub lounès kamel messaoudi emma saïd ben mohamed through father marcel mouloudji through father el hadj m hamed el anka nâdiya kamel ouali rilès takfarinas oulahlou paint m hamed issiakhem hamid tibouchi rezki zerarti politics abane ramdane ferhat abbas belaïd abrika hocine aït ahmed ali yahia abdennour fadela amara cheikh mokrani belkacem lounes mohand arav bessaoud malek boutih lalla fatma n soumer ferhat imazighen imula firmus salima ghezali krim belkacem kasdi merbah mohamed mediène mouloud kacem naît belkacem ahmed ouyahia saïd sadi science si amar mohammed arkoun maǧid at buttmer mouloud mammeri salem chaker mustapha ishak boushaki noureddine melikechi rachid ouyed si saïd yousef saad abdelmalek sayad mohand tazerout tassadit yacine literature arezki aït larbi taos amrouche kahina bahloul through father tahar djaout nabile farès mouloud feraoun mustapha ourrad si mohand salem zenia see also list of kabyle people ain taya forest notes and references 1 2 amazigh at ethnologue 25th ed 2022 pereltsvaig asya 3 september 2020 6 3 berber languages languages of the world an introduction cambridge university press p 203 doi 10 1017 9781108783071 isbn 978 1 108 78307 1 maddy weitzman bruce 20 september 2018 rowe paul s ed the berbers amazigh routledge handbook of minorities in the middle east 314 doi 10 4324 9781315626031 23 isbn 9781315626031 s2cid 187966078 cite journal cs1 maint periodical has isbn link maddy weitzman bruce 30 december 2015 berbers amazigh in smith anthony d hou xiaoshuo stone john dennis rutledge eds the wiley blackwell encyclopedia 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