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🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreBerber calendarⵜⴰⵙⵡⴰⵙⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ (taswast tamaziɣt) An agricultural timekeeping system used by the Amazigh people of North Africa to mark seasons and farming cycles.Seasonal · Dinner

🇹🇳 Nabeul, Tunisia and 4 moreHarissaهريسة A spicy chili pepper paste from Tunisia, used as a condiment and ingredient across North Africa.Table custom · Dinner

🇲🇦 Morocco and 4 moreMimounaמִימוּנָה A Maghrebi Jewish celebration marking the end of Passover with sweets and open doorsFestival · Dinner

🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 moreYennayerⵢⵏⵏⴰⵢⵔ The Amazigh New Year celebrated across North Africa with feasts and blessing ritesSeasonal · Dinner

🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptSham Ennessimشم النسيم An Egyptian spring festival of picnics, salted fish, green onions and painted eggsSeasonal

🇩🇿 AlgeriaMawlid in Algeriaيوم المولد النبوي The Prophet Muhammad's birthday celebration in Algeria with family feasts and prayersFestival · Feasts and festival meals

🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 moreGreat LentΜεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή The forty-day fast before Easter, kept by Eastern Christians as a season of prayerSpiritual · Fasting and breaking the fast

🇱🇾 LibyaLibyan tea A strong boiled tea in small glasses, served in three foam-topped roundsTable custom · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies

🇹🇳 Tunisia and 1 moreBsisaبسيسة A North African grain and oil ritual to unlock blessings for the yearTable custom · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Libyan tea: Abdulgahniessadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sham Ennessim: Ikonact, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Great Lent: Stalinsunnykvj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Harissa: Ovva olfa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Bsisa: Kamelgazzah, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mimouna: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Yennayer: Vermondo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mawlid in Algeria: Hammiche Hakim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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