Comments on: Morocco: Berbers can be blonde

By: Morocco « Morocco Class Project

Morocco « Morocco Class Project — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:46:30 +0000

[...] Blondes [...]

By: Max

Max — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:16:10 +0000

Blondes are here: http://www.unitedblondes.com

By: khadija

khadija — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:48:13 +0000

Iam a mother of three children and iknow what is missing a child .SO FOR THE JOURNALIST it was a prominent event to find the British child .For me it was not a disciminatory action .yet a lot of people still ignore that there are many blond people ,adults and children and not only berbers or from the north of Morocco but from echawia ben slimane.etc…

By: khadija

khadija — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:44:15 +0000

Iam a mother of three children and iknow what is missing a child .SO FOR THE JOURNALIST it was aprominent event to find the British child .For me ti was not adiciminatory action .yet a lot of people still ignore that there are many blond people ,adults and children and not only berbers or from the north of Morocco.

By: ivan

ivan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:03:18 +0000

I have lived in Tetuan for 10 years and I know very well all the Rif area where live the berbers, although most people in Morocco are berbers, and no more than 10 percent of the people are blonde, most are black haired and dark brown eyed, but some times is possible find some children with light brown hair and green eyed , this is the reason couse the spanish visitors thought that the girl might be Madeleine, watch a blonde girl in a dark people country like Morocco is not usual

By: The Morocco Report » OMG they have blondes in Morocco?

The Morocco Report » OMG they have blondes in Morocco? — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:56:26 +0000

[...] as I wrote over at Global Voices last week, the most newsworthy story involving Morocco in my head is that of Madeleine [...]

By: hanino

hanino — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:53:47 +0000

hi evry body just to add an idea abt rissani is situated in the southest of morocco and the maison berber inviting u this fammily will offer u a cup of meant tea hospitality of the familly and also the will shown u how they prepar the thea

By: the riffian

the riffian — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:07:51 +0000

without adding to the fact that sterotypes dominate the western world and even the eastern too. the number of discussions and articles bouchera the blonde originated are according to me of a very positive effect: the berbers exist and not perished. just to answer those who consider the west as racist (which can be to some extent true), that those who dominate the berbers are not the westerns but the arabs. it’s the arabs that forbid the berbers to give a berber name to their children. it’s the arabs who deny our cultural and linguistic identity, it’s the arabs that profit economically in north africa, to sum up the berbers are dominated by the arabs and not the west. bouchera is a new berber symbol.

By: Naim

Naim — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:45:51 +0000

Hi all

Thanks for the mention. The main purpose of my post is to show just one fact. The nearest neighbours of Morocco have a total ignorance about the ethnic reality of Morocco. A real Melting pot which make up Morocco are Arabs and Berbers of course but inside these two global ethnics entities, one can find a whole spectrum of ethnic and racial variety.

Of course a tourist can be wrong of such a fact but the majority of the journalists who treated the subject should know this simple ethnic reality, and then to explain with their own words to their readers.

Thanks again and have a good reading.

By: bouba

bouba — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:21:18 +0000

@Crispal, I am sorry if you feel i was talking to you in person. this is not a good lieu for it. what i was talking about is that there is a logic, a way of thinking, an education that resulted in this interesting profiling.. and i hope we can educate ourselves more about it.
[i do not respond to insults]

By: nasamat

nasamat — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:16 +0000

C’est toi

Oui, elle est grande
Elle est blonde
Mais elle est l’amie de
Tout le monde!
Moi, je veux une fille à moi,
Et c’est toi que je veux:
Quelle qu’elle soit la couleur
De tes yeux
Ou la longueur
De tes cheveux
C’est bien toi que je veux!
Mais non!
Ne suis pas mes yeux
Quand les filles passent près de moi;
Mais regarde-moi bien dans les yeux:
Tu ne verras que toi!
Si je t’envoie un SMS
C’est comme un SOS:
Je ne l’envoie à personne d’autre
Que toi!
Alors cesse de me parler de «l’autre»!
Il n’y a que toi!
Oui, c’est toi!
Taie-toi:
Ne dis pas de bêtise!
Il n’y a que toi!

By: Crispal

Crispal — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:22:51 +0000

@Bouba. ” this is what makes it a logic of superiority, Euro-entrism, racism and arrogance… it is not acceptable in the modern world to look down on people and consider them inferior yet use them to build your economy and your software”
It is amazing how easy is for you to judge people just out of a single sentence. If you think (by just one sentence) that I am Eurocentrist, racist, arrogant or that I look down to other people you should see a doctor and check your inferiority complex. But it seems that you forget that even Interpol thought that she could have been Maddie. (May be Interpol are also arrogant, etc.) And I am sure the Amazigh people have better things to do than complaining about Eurocentrism.

By: T

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:43:36 +0000

That is just like saying british people are all white they cant be black and if i see any black person in the street of london that means he is from africa.
Ignorance mixed with stereo type.

By: bouba

bouba — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:41:09 +0000

“When you see the photo you may think that the little Moroccan looks like Maddie or not, but it was worth it trying. What about if it was Maddie and nobody did anything to help?”
@Crispal: this is the logic that angered a lot of Amazigh people. it means that it is ok to profile people racially. Boushra is not Bouchra till it is proven she is not Maddy. this is we should read your sentence.. and this is what makes it a logic of superiority, Euro-entrism, racism and arrogance… it is not acceptable in the modern world to look down on people and consider them inferior yet use them to build your economy and your software.
@Kit, you said it all.
@Jill, shoukran.

By: Crispal

Crispal — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:02:30 +0000

The fact is that the couple who took the photo kept it for a while until they heard others talking about girls like Maddie appearing in the North of Morocco. Then they remembered the blonde Moroccan girl and released the picture to the media in case it was the real Maddie. It is stupid to blame the Spanish couple as ignorant. They just wanted to help instead leaving one possible clue unattended. When you see the photo you may think that the little Moroccan looks like Maddie or not, but it was worth it trying. What about if it was Maddie and nobody did anything to help?