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Pictures of people from the Meditteranean/Atlantic race
CELEBRITIES
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine or Saint Austin, was an early Christian theologian whose writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), is an assistant coach and sporting director at Real Madrid, and a retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the French national team, Juventus and Real Madrid. Renowned for his elegance, vision and technique, Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years by UEFA, and has been described as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
Mohammed Arav Bessaoud
Mohand Arab Bessaoud (born December 24, 1924; died January 1, 2002) was a Kabyle Algerian writer and activist.
Described as the 'spiritual father' of Berberism, "Dda Moh" was a mujahid during the Algerian War of Liberation 1954-62. He was the founder of the Academie Berbere in Paris during the 1960s and the designer of the modern Berber flag. He was the author of numerous books on the war of independence, its aftermath and the history of the Berbers, and he was one of the leading lights of Berberism during the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Kateb Yacine
Kateb Yacine (August 2, 1929 or August 6, 1929 – October 28, 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic dialect, and his advocacy of the Berber cause.
Septimius Severus
eptimius Severus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211), also known as Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211. Severus was born in Leptis Magna in the province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the cursus honorum—the customary succession of offices—under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of Emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.
Lounis Ait Menguellet
Lounis Aït Menguellet (17 January 1950) was born in Ighil Bouammas in Tizi Ouzou Province, is a Berber singer from Algeria, who sings in the Berber language (Kabyle variant). Lounis Aït Menguellet is certainly one of the most popular and charismatic artists of the contemporary Kabyle music scene.
Lounis with 3 other Kabyles, notably Idir
Liamine Zéroual
Liamine Zéroual ( born 3 July 1941) was the fourth President of Algeria from 31 January 1994 to 27 April 1999.
Moulay Muḥend
Abd el-Krim (1882–83, Ajdir – February 6, 1963, Cairo)[1] (Berber name: Muḥend n Ɛabd Krim Lxeṭṭabi or Moulay Muḥend) was a Moroccan Riffian political and military leader. Together with his brother Mhemmed, he led a large-scale revolt by a broad coalition of major Rif tribes against French and Spanish colonial occupation of the Rif, a large Berber-speaking area in northern Morocco, culminating in the establishment of the short-lived Republic of the Rif. His guerrilla tactics are known to have influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevara.
Lounes Matoub
Lounès Matoub (in Kabyle: Lwennas Maṭub) i (January 24, 1956 – June 25, 1998) was a famous Berber Kabyle singer,poet,thinker and mondol player who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause, human rights and secularism in Algeria throughout his life. He was a symbol of resistance and courage.
He is revered as a hero and martyr in Kabylie and the Berber World but reviled by most of the Arab population in Algeria for his atheism and the alleged blasphemy of some songs (like Allahu Akbar) along with his militant advocacy of Berber rights, so he was unpopular among both warring parties during the Algerian Civil War. His assassination, in circumstances which remain unclear, provoked violent riots in Kabylie. Berber Algerians still accuse the Algerian regime of killing Matoub Lounès, but some of the Algerian regime's figures accused the Islamist terrorists of this crime.
A true hero in my opinion
Souad Massi
Souad Massi , born August 23, 1972, is an Algerian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threats. In 1999, Massi performed at the Femmes d'Algerie concert in Paris, which led to a recording contract with Island Records.
Mustapha Benboulaïd
Mostefa Ben-Boulaïd (5 February 1917 – 22 March 1956) was an Algerian Berber (Chaoui) revolutionary leader.
Katchou
Katchou (real name Ali Nasri) is an Algerian singer, born on April 15, 1963 in Batna and died August 12, 2009 between Ain Touta and Batna in a traffic accident He sang in Chaoui.
Takfarinas
Takfarinas (born Ḥsen [Hassen] Zermani in Algiers, Algeria) is the stage name of an Algerian Kabyle Yal musician who was born in 1958. Takfarinas took his surname from the ancient warrior of North Africa Tacfarinas who fought against the presence of the Romans in Algeria. Since 1979 Takfarinas has lived in France. However, his songs promote and celebrate the Kabyle culture into which he was born. Takfarinas is perhaps best known for his voice which covers a wide range and the 'takfa' which is based on a traditional lute like instrument which he has modified by adding a second neck. Each neck provides a distinct sound, one neck is feminine and the other masculine. Nowadays the takfa has been replaced by an electric half-drum mandole. Like the takfa this has two fingerboards. The advantage of this new instrument is that it is able to create the large concert sound which he now needs.
KACI BOUSSAAD
He is a Kabyle singer
Belaïd Abrika
Belaïd Abrika (December 10, 1969 in Tizi Ouzou) is a professor of History at the Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou. However, he has become one of the best-known modern Kabyles through his role as a leader and spokesperson of the Arouch (Comité des Âarouchs, Daïras et communes or CADC) protest movement in the region of Kabylie in Algeria.
Ahmed Ouyahia
Ahmed Ouyahia (born 2 July 1952) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 1995 to 1998, from 2003 to 2006, and from 2008[1] to 2012. A career diplomat, he also served as the minister of justice, and was one of the founders and former secretary general of the National Rally for Democracy party. He is considered by Western observers to be close to the military of Algeria and a member of the "eradicator" faction in the 1990s civil war against Islamist militants.
Abdelmadjid Sidi Said
Abdelmadjid Sidi Said leader of the Algerian trade union: UGTA. (born in Tizi Ouzou)
Abane Ramdane
Abane Ramdane (June 10, 1920, Larbaâ Nath Irathen – December 27, 1957) was an Algerian political activist and revolutionarist born in Kabylie. He played a key role in the organization of the independence struggle during the Algerian war. His influence was so great that he was known as "the architect of the revolution". He was also the architect of the Soummam conference in 1956 and was very close to Frantz Fanon.
Idir
Hamid Cheriet (in Kabyle language Ḥamid Ceryat) better known by his stage name Idir (in Kabyle language Yidir) (born 1949 in Aït Lahcène, Algeria) is a Berber Algerian musician.
Khalid Izri
Khalid Izri – Singer from Rif
Khalid Izri
Walid Mimoun – Protest Singer from Rif
NON-CELEBS
Arezki SI Mahfoud, A Kabyle, currently living in France
With he's brother and a friend (friend might not be Berber)
Hacen Boukhelifa, a Kabyle, currently living in France
He reminds me of a family friend of mine, he's English:
Idir Boussaid, A Kabyle, currently living in Algeria
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