Berber Americans, American Berbers or Amazigh Americans, are

Americans Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim Ame ...

of Berber (or Amazigh) descent. Although a part of the population of the

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...

(in the North Africa) is of Berber descent, only 1,327 people declared Berber ancestry in the 2000 US Census. People of Berber origin in United States have created several associations with goal of maintaining and strengthening their language and culture, such as the Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA), The United Amazigh Algerian (UAAA), The Amazigh American Association of Washington, DC., and the Boston Amazigh Community.

Notable people

*Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Algerian-descent researcher and linguistics scholar, University of California, Berkeley *

Elias Zerhouni Elias Zerhouni (in Arabic إلياس زرهوني) (born April 12, 1951) is an Algerian-born American scientist, radiologist and biomedical engineer. He spent much of his career on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, ...

, Algerian-born radiologist and medical researcher * Helene Hagan, American anthropologist and Amazigh activist * Mohamed Mrabet, Moroccan-born author artist and storyteller of the

Ait Ouriaghel The Ait Ouriaghel (also written as ''Ayt Waryaɣar'' or ''Ayt Uryaɣal'' in Tarifit) is one of the biggest Riffian tribes of the Rif region of the north-eastern part of Morocco and one of the most populous. Ait Waryagher means "those who do not ba ...

tribe in the

Rif The Rif or Riff (, ), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. This mountainous and fertile area is bordered by Cape Spartel and Tangier to the west, by Berkane and the Moulouya River to the east, by the Mediterrane ...

region * Zaida Ben-Yusuf, English-born Algerian-American portrait photographer. * Malika Zarra, Moroccan-born, American/Moroccan singer, composer, and music producer now based in New York City *Othmane Benafan, NASA scientist and co-inventor

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Notable people

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