Why was I told most Moroccans aren't berber?

Question

when the fact is the majority of the population is Berber,even those who identify themselves as Arabs are ethnically predominately Berber.

Answer 1

Because many are NOT Berber.  My husband's family is Arab on his father's side and native Moroccan on his mother's side.

EDIT:  I said MANY are not, not ALL are not.  Many Moroccans do not identify themselves as Berber and nothing you do will convince them otherwise.

Answer 2

am a Berber,and to tell you if there s more Berber then Arabs who came from the middle east

40 % to 60% of berbers,juish are 3 %,or less stayed in morocco ,most of the others left and went to israel,some to france and other contrys,some just got to the mixed mariages,some converted to islam....

arabs,50% to 60%

it s hard to tell ,because many berber married arabs ...and many arabs married berbers,but 83% of the moroccan speak arabic,while only 3 % speak berber only,,

arabs and berbers have many kids also so it s just hard to count and say how many are berber and how many are arabs,i myself is a berber,because dad is 100% berber,but my mom`s is a 50% arabic,because her dad is arabic and her mom is berber.the kids usually follow the dad background so shw s considered a arabic,

so like i said because of the mixed mariages,it s hard to tell how many is arabic and how many is berber

just say 50/50

Answer 3

There are many MANY communities that are 100% Berber. They are hard to find but they are to the south of Morocco (south of Marrakech). When you think of Morocco you think of Casablanca, Rabat, Agadir, Fez, Marrakech, etc... in this instance you will find some Berber INFLUENCE which makes Morocco so differrent from other Arab countries.

But to say there are no Berber in Morocco is completely false.

Thanks

Zelo

http://www.bestmorocco.com

Answer 4

The majority are not Berber, I am sure a Berber told you " the fact is the majority of the population is Berber"

Answer 5

the majority  is berber but arabized so that is why most of them identify themselves as arabs