What is Zakraoui?
'''Zakraoui''' (in [[Berber languages|berber]] : ⵣⴽⵔⴰⵡⵉ, in [[Arabic language|arabic]] : زكراوي) is a name that can refer to : * '''Zakraoui''' is a Berber name from the verb Zakraw (ⵣⴽⵔⴰⵡ) or Azakraw (ⴰⵣⴽⵔⴰⵡ), meaning “[[Activism|Activist]]”, in the imperative gives “Zkar (ⵣⴽⴻⵔ)”. It is a word very close to the word “Sakraw (ⵙⴽⵔⴰⵡ)” or “Asakraw (ⴰⵙⴽⵔⴰⵡ)”, which means “To do”: which in the imperative gives “Skar (ⵙⴽⴻⵔ)”. * The '''Izkrawiyen''' or '''Zkara''' (plural of '''Zakraoui'''), an Arabized Zenet [[Berber people|Berber tribe]] originating from eastern [[Morocco]] (Middle Atlas), more precisely from the province of Oujda-Angad, around Mestferki). The name of this tribe comes from the [[Berber people|Berber]] word Zakraw (ⵣⴽⵔⴰⵡ), which means “[[Activism|Activist]]”. The imperative “Zkar (ⵣⴽⴻⵔ)”, became “Zkara”, in an Arabized plural form. The identity of this tribe is somewhat controversial in [[Morocco]] due to rumors that the Zkara are not Muslims and are even anti-Muslim, based on the words of the French author Auguste Mouliéras. The Zkara had rivalries with neighboring Arab tribes before French colonization, but are indeed a Muslim Berber tribe. == References == <references /> {{given name}}