Tattoos

Amazigh Facial Tattoos in Morocco Vanish Amid Shifting Religious Attitudes

As a young girl growing up in the Atlas Mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore.  "When I was six, they told me tattoos were pretty adornments," recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil village, referring to the once-common practice among ...