variants
or less commonly Touareg
plural Tuareg or Tuaregs also Touareg or Touaregs
: a member of a nomadic people of the central and western Sahara and along the middle Niger from Tombouctou to Nigeria
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The lounge-y living room features custom Pierre Frey Teddy Mohair drapes in Mousse, a custom sofa in black velvet, Audo’s Tired Man chair in chocolate sheepskin, a vintage Moroccan Tuareg rug, and Difane’s Estela lamp.
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Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2024
Dilara Sage Green, also taking influence from Tuareg rugs, will make any room feel like a relaxing escape.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics across the globe stunned.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
In their native city of Agadez, a trading hub of the nomadic Tuareg tribe in the high Sahara Desert, Etran de L’Aïr have been playing since the mid-1990s.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 19 Sep. 2024
Days after the incident, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence insinuated that Ukraine may have played a role in providing intelligence to Tuareg groups.
—Christopher Michael Faulkner, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
The attack was claimed by a Tuareg rebels group along with the al Qaeda affiliate in the Sahel, JNIM (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin).
—Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
There are constantly shifting alliances among rebel groups in the Sahel, but Tuareg groups have sometimes made common cause with al Qaeda’s affiliate in the region, JNIM.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 29 July 2024
The Tuareg people, a Berber ethnic group, are marginalized within Niger, and the band’s songs reflect not only the broader political frustrations of colonialism but also the internal frustrations of being a people at the margins of the margins.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
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Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2024
Dilara Sage Green, also taking influence from Tuareg rugs, will make any room feel like a relaxing escape.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics across the globe stunned.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
In their native city of Agadez, a trading hub of the nomadic Tuareg tribe in the high Sahara Desert, Etran de L’Aïr have been playing since the mid-1990s.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 19 Sep. 2024
Days after the incident, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence insinuated that Ukraine may have played a role in providing intelligence to Tuareg groups.
—Christopher Michael Faulkner, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
The attack was claimed by a Tuareg rebels group along with the al Qaeda affiliate in the Sahel, JNIM (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin).
—Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
There are constantly shifting alliances among rebel groups in the Sahel, but Tuareg groups have sometimes made common cause with al Qaeda’s affiliate in the region, JNIM.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 29 July 2024
The Tuareg people, a Berber ethnic group, are marginalized within Niger, and the band’s songs reflect not only the broader political frustrations of colonialism but also the internal frustrations of being a people at the margins of the margins.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
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“Tuareg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tuareg. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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