Mohamed Chafik

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Mohamed Chafik
ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴰⴷ ⵛⴰⴼⵉⵇ
محمد شفيق
Born (1926-09-17) 17 September 1926
Bir Tam-Tam, Aït Sadden (near Fes), Morocco
OccupationProfessor, First Rector of the IRCAM
NationalityMoroccan
Notable worksAmazigh Manifesto, Arabic-Amazigh Dictionary, A Brief Survey of Thirty-Three Centuries of Amazigh History
Notable awardsPrince Claus Award

Mohamed Chafik (Berber languages: ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴰⴷ ⵛⴰⴼⵉⵇ; Arabic: محمد شفيق; born 17 September 1926), is a leading figure in the Amazigh (also known as Berber) cultural movement. An original author of the Amazigh Manifesto, he was later appointed as the first Rector of the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture. He has worked extensively on incorporating Amazigh culture into Moroccan identity and is a leading intellectual of the Moroccan intelligentsia.

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