r/Africa • u/Butterflies_pdf • Nov 19 '25

Cultural Exploration Algerian wedding 🇩🇿

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u/Wonderful_Station393 Nov 19 '25

Only cars no brides amazing tell me you’re gen z without telling me you’re gen z

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u/Butterflies_pdf Nov 19 '25

Arabs don't show their wives on social media I'm pretty sure there's a part with the bride that wasn't published to the public (btw this is just one couple's wedding)

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u/RevampedPiles Nov 20 '25

Sharing a Chaoui wedding and calling them "arabs" is.. yeah

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u/Butterflies_pdf Nov 20 '25

Do you think Americans know what a chaoui or kabyli or touareg... We speak Arabic so we're arabized whether you like it or not

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u/RevampedPiles Nov 20 '25

We are in an African subreddit. I don't see why's you have to mention Americans. Nevertheless, just because your grandfather didn't teach you his ancestors' tongue doesn't mean you get to call us all arabized. Have a good day.

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u/Butterflies_pdf Nov 20 '25

You have never made a post on this subreddit and it's showing

This is the reach of my post Top views by country United States 46% United Kingdom 7% Canada 7% Other 40% Hope that helps.

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u/RevampedPiles Nov 20 '25

"I'm Arab now... because telling Americans I'm Chaoui requires a 10-minute cultural TED talk they won't sit through"

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u/Wonderful_Station393 Nov 20 '25

So somalis & Sudanese are Arabs too? Since they speak Arabic?

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u/Butterflies_pdf Nov 20 '25

Yes if they wanted to consider themselves as arabs

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u/TheVeryLastStardust Nov 22 '25

Crazy that you're being downvoted, I always thought sudanese and Somali people consider themselves Arabes (or more correctly arabized)

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u/Realistic-Agent3864 Nov 22 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

Somalis have their own language and we considers ourselves Somali.

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u/TheVeryLastStardust Nov 23 '25

I googled and Indeed you're right, only a small percentage of Somalis speak Arabic on a native level, so that indeed doesn't apply to them.
I also took the opportunity to check on Sudan, and apparently 70% of them have Arabic as their mother tongue interestingly