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1956
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A beautiful book in pristine condition poetry of the Berber tribesmen. A unique wonderful gift. Written in French. Perfect condition. The deluxe edition in a slipcover. Customer satisfaction guaranteed book shipped within 24 hours weekdays. You will receive your book within 3 to 5 business days. International shipping available. Expedited shipping available. Tracking provided.
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Mririda n'Ait Attik
Mririda n'Ait Attik
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Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s) was a Berber Moroccan Shilha poet writing in Tashelhit. She was born in Megdaz in the Tassaout valley. Her poems were put to paper and translated into French in the 1930s by Rene Euloge, a French civil servant based in Azilal. Little is known about her life. Born in the village of Megdaz, in the Tassaout valley, Mririda married at a very early age, but soon fled her unhappy life at home to become an itinerant oral poet and performer. She toured from market to market, improvising and performing her poetry, which she composed in Tashelhit. Mririda was the pen name she used on stage, and her real name is unknown. She was illiterate and never committed her poems to paper. Her poetry dealt with tabu topics at the time (particularly coming from a woman poet), such as divorce, household problems, and unrequited love. During the 1940s, she is said to have been a courtesan in the souk (marketplace) in Azilal, and was famed for the songs she sang to the men who visited her house. By the end of WWII, Mririda had disappeared. No one knows when or where she died.

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