www.ssoar.info I speak tamazight, but in Arabic: contesting the cultural terrain in Morocco El Aref, Khalid Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Zeitschriftenartikel / journal article Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: El Aref, K. (2016). I speak tamazight, but in Arabic: contesting the cultural terrain in Morocco. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, 73, 70-83. https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.73.70 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer CC BY Lizenz (Namensnennung) zur This document is made available under a CC BY Licence Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den CC-Lizenzen finden (Attribution). For more Information see: Sie hier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences Submitted: 2016-07-05 ISSN: 2300-2697, Vol. 73, pp 70-83 Revised: 2016-08-13 doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.73.70 Accepted: 2016-09-08 © 2016 SciPress Ltd., Switzerland Online: 2016-09-29 I Speak Tamazight, but in Arabic: Contesting the Cultural Terrain in Morocco Khalid El Aref Faculty of Letters and Humanities Dhar El Mehrez, Fez, Morocco E-mail address:
[email protected] Keywords: Cultural translation; contestation; rewriting; Moroccan novel; canon; Amazigh; Arab Abstract: The Moroccan novel, being part of the Arabic novel, is a very recent invention. However, in Morocco the novel has become an emblematic genre, which has known a momentous development. This article attempts a critical analysis of three recently published Arabic novels (Morocco) from a cultural studies perspective by highlighting the translational dimensions inherent in their writing, as well as their tendency to redirect attention to more urgent issues related to Moroccan identity.