Ibn Khaldun, 8th century Tunisian historian. The Berber people had a particularly interesting role to play in the Maghreb. They alternately resisted and accepted new beliefs and political regimes ...

Pockets of Christians remained in Egypt; there was also resistance to Islam from the Berbers and from the Christian church in Nubia. "Here (Dongola) is the throne of the King. It is a large city ...

Berbers are descendants of pre-Arab North Africans, whose historic homelands stretched from the Canary Isles and Morocco to the deserts of western Egypt. "We hope to perpetuate this tradition ...