The Tuareg people (/ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally...
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revolt (1916–1917) Tuareg rebellion (1962–1964) Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009) Tuareg rebellion (2012) Tuareg involvement in the...
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The 2012 Tuareg rebellion was the early phase of the Mali War; from January to April 2012, a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with...
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Mark Harmon, Tuareg – The Desert Warrior. This is the first book in the Tuareg trilogy, followed by Los Ojos del Tuareg and El Último Tuareg. One day, two...
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From 1990 to 1995, a rebellion by various Tuareg groups took place in Niger and Mali, with the aim of achieving autonomy or forming their own nation-state...
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Desert blues (redirect from Tuareg rock)
Tuareg, Malian or North African music. Various other terms are used to describe it including desert rock, Saharan rock, Takamba, Mali blues, Tuareg rock...
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The Tuareg (English: /ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/) languages constitute a group of closely related Berber languages and dialects. They are spoken by the Tuareg Berbers...
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up Tuareg or tuareg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Tuareg people are nomads of the Sahara. Tuareg may also refer to: Tuareg languages Tuareg rebellion...
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Tifinagh (redirect from Tuareg alphabet)
Tifinagh (Tuareg Berber language: ⵜⴼⵏⵗ; Neo-Tifinagh: ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ; Berber Latin alphabet: Tifinaɣ; Berber pronunciation: [tifinaɣ]) is a script used to write...
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The Aprilia Tuareg 660 is a dual-sport motorcycle produced by the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia. The Tuareg 660 was officially presented in...
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Bombino (musician) (category Tuareg people)
ⴱⵓⵎⴱⵉⵏⵓ; born 1980) is a Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist from Niger. His music is sung in Tamasheq and often addresses Tuareg geopolitical concerns...
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Iyad Ag Ghaly (category Tuareg people)
al-Faḍl (Arabic: أبو الفضل), is a Tuareg Islamist militant from Mali's Kidal Region. He has been active in Tuareg rebellions against the Malian government...
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Mali War (category Tuareg rebellions)
organization fighting to make this area of Mali an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012. On 22 March 2012...
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Azawad (category Tuareg)
(Tuareg: Azawaɣ, or Azawad; Arabic: أزواد), was a short-lived unrecognised state lasting between 2012 and 2013. Azawagh (Azawaɣ) is the generic Tuareg...
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in the form of Tifinagh, has continued into the present day among the Tuareg people. Following the spread of Islam, some Berber scholars also utilized...
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Azawakh (redirect from Tuareg Sloughi)
for which the breed is named. While commonly associated with the nomadic Tuareg people, the dogs are also bred and owned by other ethnic groups, such as...
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The Tuareg rebellion of 2006 was a short-lived rebellion by Tuareg notables demanding more autonomy for Kidal Region between May 23 and July 4, 2006. The...
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Tuareg militias of Ghat (TMG) are ethnic Tuareg tribal militias, operating in South-West Libya desert areas during the Second Libyan Civil War. The militias...
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Kaocen revolt (redirect from Tuareg rebellion (1916–1917))
The Kaocen revolt (Kabyle: Tagrawla n Kawsen) was a Tuareg rebellion against French colonial rule of the area around the Aïr Mountains of northern Niger...
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Tinariwen (category Tuareg culture)
vowels ⵜⵉⵏⴰⵔⵉⵡⵉⵏ; plural of ténéré meaning "desert") is a collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of southern Algeria and of northern Mali...
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The 2007-2009 Tuareg rebellion was an insurgency that began in February 2007 amongst elements of the Tuareg people living in the Sahara desert regions...
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recorded by Berber scholar Leo Africanus in 1550, possibly derived from the Tuareg phrase the (e)gărăw-n-gărăwăn meaning 'river of rivers'. There is broad...
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are a Tuareg band founded by Fatou Seidi Ghali in Illighadad, a village in the Sahara Desert in Niger. Ghali, it is claimed, is the first Tuareg woman...
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Berber Latin alphabet (redirect from Tuareg Latin alphabet)
ancient Libyco-Berber script and then centuries later by the Tuareg Tifinagh script in Tuareg language areas, of which the Neo-Tifinagh alphabet/abjad is...
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In January 2012, an armed conflict broke out in northern Mali, in which Tuareg rebels took control of a territory in the north, and in April declared the...
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The Tuareg rebellion of 1962–1964, sometimes called the First Tuareg Rebellion or the Alfellaga, was an insurgency by populations of what is now northern...
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Berber music (redirect from Tuareg music)
peoples, among the Tuareg music is mostly the domain of women, especially playing the imzhad, a string instrument like a violin. Tuareg weddings feature...
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The Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (French: Groupe d'autodéfense touareg Imghad et alliés, abbreviated GATIA) is an armed group in Azawad...
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Tuareg – Il guerriero del deserto (internationally released as Tuareg – The Desert Warrior and Desert Warrior) is a 1984 Spanish-Italian adventure-action...
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Music of Niger (section "Tuareg Blues")
musical traditions of a mix of ethnic groups; Hausa, the Zarma-Songhai, Tuareg, Fula, Kanuri, Toubou, Diffa Arabs and Gurma and the Boudouma from Lac Chad...
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