
Amazigh Facial Tattoos in Morocco Vanish Amid Shifting Religious Attitudes
This is Beirut, 2024-10-13 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As a young girl growing up in the Atlas Mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore. "When I was six, they told me tattoos were pretty adornments," recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil village, referring to the once-common practice among ...