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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This includes Tuareg mats, woven from natural fibres by semi-nomadic people in northern Africa, which Zarib has a special interest in.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2024
Moctar and his band gallop through a tightly edited collection informed by years of live performance, leveraging their international stature to call for Tuareg cultural pride and African self-determination on the world stage.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2024
Moctar and his band gallop through a tightly edited collection informed by years of live performance, leveraging their international stature to call for Tuareg cultural pride and African self-determination on the world stage.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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“Tuareg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tuareg. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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