One is not always lucky enough to celebrate the Eid Al Adha festival at home. In Imider as in Tahla, the residents celebrated this Muslim ritual collectively and in the open air. Far from home. But together. A way for them to loudly proclaim their grievances. The festival, like joy, these two Amazigh communities seem to say, would have neither meaning nor taste if their problems were not solved.

Some have been in a sit-in for more than a year, others have just started a similar form of protest for nearly two weeks. In both cases, there is a land problem. A problem of abusive exploitation. A problem of outdated laws, but also a problem of broken laws. Both communities want to benefit from their land and put an end to a waste of their assets that has lasted too long.

It is certainly a way of saying that collective lands must be at the service of local development. The management of these lands must be part of a global strategy for integrated development. But here, many obstacles hinder the realisation of these slogans, which remain a dead letter. Parties are working behind the scenes to make the problem last. They find their interests in it. And voices are rising against this situation of permanent crisis. Accusations of bribery by parties with hidden interests are spreading. The ordinary people in both communities continue to demand their rights. The right to dignity and to economic and social development.

In reality, a great ignorance of the laws persists. It must be said that the people of the South-East, in Imider, have learned, along the way, the intricacies of the laws, rights, and duties governing the domain. Everyone seems concerned by the solutions to be brought to these problems. The objective is to rehabilitate both populations in their rights.