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December 15, 2008
No. 12134

Berber TV To Be Launched In Morocco In 2009

Moroccan communications Minister and Moroccan government spokesman Khalid Naciri has announced that the Berber-language television channel will begin broadcasting in 2009.

Naciri stressed that the Berbers are an element of the Moroccan identity, and that the television channel will embody the social pluralism that has characterized Morocco throughout the ages.

Moroccan Treasury Minister Salaheddine Mezouar said that the new channel shows the fundamental change undergone by Moroccan society, and its openness to the Berber language.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, December 14, 2008

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