Yennayer, the Amazigh new year, is celebrated in Marseille. Belsunce, in central Marseille, is a shopping quarter where migrants from the Maghreb opened shops. Algerian and Tunisian immigrants run many of its shops.
Yennayer and the market quarters
Yennayer, the Amazigh new year, is celebrated in Marseille. Belsunce, in central Marseille, is a shopping quarter where migrants from the Maghreb opened shops. Algerian and Tunisian immigrants run many of its shops.
Noailles, in the 1st arrondissement, is a market quarter around the Marché des Capucins, with spice sellers and couscous shops.
Footballers and singers
The footballer Zinedine Zidane was born in Marseille on 23 June 1972 and grew up in La Castellane, in the 16th arrondissement. His parents came from the village of Aguemoune, in Kabylia, and as a boy he played youth football at the Saint-Henri club.
The footballer Samir Nasri, of Algerian origin, grew up in Gavotte-Peyret, on the northern edge of Marseille. He trained in the youth teams of Olympique de Marseille.
The rapper and singer L'Algérino, whose real name is Samir Djoghlal, was born in Marseille to Algerian parents from Khenchela.
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