Wikipedia:WikiProject Berbers/Did you know

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 * ... that in the jewellery of the Berber cultures, a silver amulet of a hand (example pictured) was believed by both Muslims and Jews to protect against the evil eye?
 * ... that after leading a failed rebellion in his native Morocco, Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula led the Volunteers of the Faith in Granada, where he became a major political figure?
 * ... that despite previously being at war with the Kingdom of the Aurès, the Byzantine Empire supported them during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb?
 * ... that the Edict of Milan, an agreement between Constantine and Licinius to treat the Christian Church peacefully, was issued during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades?
 * ... that among the Tuareg people, men traditionally wear a veil called a litham or tagulmust, while women go unveiled?
 * ... that at the end of the reconquista, Islamic jurist Ahmad al-Wansharisi argued that it was compulsory for Spanish Muslims under Christian rule to emigrate to Muslim lands?
 * ... that Islamic law scholar Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah likely did not issue the commonly named Oran fatwa in the city of Oran, but rather in Fez?
 * ... that the poet Hawad inserts altered letters into his writings to create space within them?
 * ... that Omar Derdour was given the task of travelling to the Arab countries to raise support for the Algerian revolution?
 * ... that Moroccan military and religious leader Ali Amhaouch is said to have bequeathed his son a magical rifle cartridge in 1918?
 * ... that Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid, the one-eyed son of Moroccan sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, captured Gibraltar in 1333 but fell victim to a Castilian ambush six years later?
 * ... that the ancient Roman city of Volubilis (Basilica pictured) in Morocco was excavated by thousands of German prisoners of war during World War I?
 * ... that in 2009, when Fatima-Zahra Mansouri was elected mayor of Marrakech, she became only the second woman in Morocco's history to be elected mayor of a Moroccan city?
 * ... that the loss of a French column at the Battle of El Herri was blamed on the commander's disobedience of orders?
 * ... that French general Hubert Lyautey (pictured) described his defensive tactics in the Zaian War as analogous to hollowing out a lobster?
 * ... that following the 2011 Libyan civil war, many Tuareg fighters for the defeated government became members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, seeking an independent Azawad?
 * ... that Tamazight language cannot grammatically express an equivalent to the English phrase "who saw what?
 * ... that Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator were both filmed in the ksar Aït Benhaddou in Morocco?
 * ... that the Torre del Oro, a watchtower constructed in the 13th century by the Almohad dynasty, protected the entrance to Seville's port with a large chain that stretched underwater from the tower's base across the river to stop unwanted ships?