Mohamed Chafik
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Mohammed Chafiq (also Mohamed Chafik or Shafiq) (Amazigh: 
) is a Amazigh/ Berber Moroccan figure in the Moroccan academic and cultural domain. He is also considered as one of the major actors in the Moroccan Amazigh Movement. He taught at the university, participated in many conferences about the Amazigh case and wrote many books.
His most famous work is the Arabic-Amazigh dictionary, a work of three volumes that needed more than 10 years of hard work. He is also known as the writer and first signer of the Amazigh Manifesto in the year 2000 in which he and thousands of Amazigh activists demand, from the Moroccan state, the official recognotion of the Amazigh language as a national and official language of the kingdom, and the recognition of the Amazighity of Morocco that suffered a lot from Arabization and of denial, abuse and banning of indigenous Amazigh language and identity.
In 2001, Chafik was appointed by the king Mohammed VI to be the first rector of the newborn IRCAM, the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture. Chafik accepted the job but refused to receive any financial pay for it. Later, he resigned from the job for health reasons.
His books:
- The Arabic Amazigh dictionary / 3 volumes/ published by the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.
- 33 centuries of Amazigh History.
- The Amazigh Language's Linguistic Structure.
- Diggings in the Amazigh Language.
- 44 lessons in the Amazigh Language.
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