Berber poets

thumb|left|A verse from al-Busiri's poem al-Burda on the wall of his shrine in [[Alexandria]] Al-Būṣīrī (; 1212–1294) was a Sanhaji Sufi Sunni Muslim poet belonging to the Shadhili, and a direct disciple of the Sufi saint Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. His magnum opus, the Qaṣīda al-Burda "Poem of the Mantle" in praise of Prophet Muhammad is one of the most popular Islamic poems of the genre. It is in Arabic, as is his other ode named "Al-Hamziyya".

Algerian Amazigh linguist and writer (1917–1989)

Algerian musician (1956–1998)

Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist (1906–1962)

Algerian poet (1908–1977)

Algerian poet and artist (born 1965)

Berber Ibadi scholar, poet, statesman and a prominent figure in the history of Libya

writer (1882–1967)

Algerian Kabyle singer

Moroccan Berber writer (1941–1995)

Moroccan writer

Al-Andalus poet and teacher

Berber poet (1848–1906)

Andalucian Writer and Scholar

Algerian singer and poet, originally from Kabylia, that composed hundreds of songs

Andalusi poet of Berber origin (958–1030)

Moroccan academic and poet (1942–2004)

Moroccan poet and singer (1873-1945)

Moroccan academic, politician and writer (1900–1963)

Shilha writer (1680–1749)

thumb|Image of Mahmoudan Hawad Hawad, sometimes Mahmoudan Hawad, (born 1950) is a Tuareg poet and author born in the Aïr region of Niger and who currently lives and publishes from Aix-en-Provence, France. Hawad deploys a method he calls furigraphy (a play on the word calligraphy) to create space in his poetry and to illuminate certain themes. Common themes of his work include thirst, movement, wandering, anarchy, and political themes related to Tuareg politics in the region. He is married to Hélène Claudot-Hawad, a Tuareg scholar and translator of Hawad's poetry into French. He has published a

Moroccan state official and poet (1549–1621)

Moroccan writer

Moroccan writer and politician

Moroccan singer

Moroccan writer

Moroccan writer

Moroccan poet, Sufi and mystic (1506–1568)

Moroccan poet

Moroccan singer

writer and poet Amazigh

Moroccan musician and poet

Algerian journalist, writer and poet

Dutch politician

Moroccan writer and academic

Islamic Scholar and Hanfi jurist (1169–1231)