Pourquoi vouloir arracher les racines de leurs terres ?

Vous vous êtes déjà posé cette question ? Car moi, oui, elle me hante depuis toujours.

Nous avons une histoire millénaire et une culture parmi les plus anciennes au monde. Un patrimoine riche et diversifié, quoi demander de plus pour être fier ? Mais la sombre réalité n’effleure en rien la logique. Nous vivons dans une société qui rejette son identité, que ses ancêtres ont défendue corps et âme contre toute invasion, qu’elle soit arabe ou occidentale. Leur esprit a été envoûté par des idées absurdes, telles que la revendication d’un héritage arabe qui n’est pas le nôtre.

Il faut cesser de se bercer d’illusions : le sang amazigh coule dans nos veines, quelle que soit la région dont nous prétendons venir. Le patrimoine génétique de ce peuple ancestral réside en chacun de nous. On se doit d’honorer leur mémoire en préservant des siècles d’héritage culturel et en assurant sa transmission à notre descendance. Notre langue, nos traditions et nos coutumes représentent un savoir précieux, et vouloir l’éradiquer sous n’importe quel prétexte est une erreur impardonnable.

Nous sommes les descendants d’un peuple libre, engageons-nous à ne pas l’oublier.

Texte: Mohamed Rayane Sekhra

Illustration: Hiba Raouhani

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