autonomy of Kabylie. On 21 April 2010, MAK proclaimed a Provisional Government of Kabylie in exile (ANAVAD). Ferhat Mehenni was elected president by the National Council of the MAK. In 2013, MAK officially became an independentist movement and changed its name to The Mouvement for the Self-determination of Kabylie. Diaspora For historical and economic reasons, many Kabyles have emigrated to France, both for work and to escape political persecution. They now number around 1 million people. Some notable French people are of full or partial Kabyle descent. Notable people Sport Samir Aït Saïd Mohamed Allek Larbi Benboudaoud Karim Benzema Soraya Haddad Loucif Hamani Cherif Hamia Kheira Hamraoui Mohand Cherif Hannachi Rabah Madjer Kylian Mbappé Mahieddine Meftah Sarah Ourahmoune Moussa Saïb Hocine Soltani Zinedine Zidane Business Alexandre Djouhri Issad Rebrab Cinema Isabelle Adjani M'hamed Arezki Ramzy Bedia Yamina Benguigui Yasmine Bleeth Dany Boon Habiba Djahnine Fellag Jalil Lespert Marie-José Nat Daniel Prévost Rouiched Erika Sawajiri Jacques Villeret Malik Zidi Music Abderrahmane Abdelli Lounis Aït Menguellet Assia Slimane Azem Chimène Badi Alain Bashung Chérifa Malika Domrane Idir Mohamed Iguerbouchène Marina Kaye Souad Massi Matoub Lounes Kamel Messaoudi Emma Saïd Ben Mohamed Marcel Mouloudji El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka Rilès Sinik DJ Snake Soolking Rachid Taha Takfarinas Paint M'hamed Issiakhem Hamid Tibouchi Politics Abane Ramdane Ferhat Abbas Belaïd Abrika Hocine Aït Ahmed Amirouche Aït Hamouda Lucius Alfenus Senecio Nasir ibn Alnas Fadela Amara Sheikh Amokrane Belkacem Lounes Mohand Arav Bessaoud Lalla Fatma n Sumer Firmus Salima Ghezali Ferhat Imazighen Imoula Krim Belkacem Saïd Mohammedi Rachid Nekkaz Belkacem Radjef Saïd Sadi Buluggin ibn Ziri Science Mouloud Aït Mammar Si Amar Mohammed Arkoun Salem Chaker Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki Noureddine Melikechi Rachid Ouyed Si Saïd Abdelmalek Sayad Mohand Tazerout Tassadit Yacine Literature Arezki Aït Larbi Taos Amrouche Tahar Djaout Nabile Farès Mouloud Feraoun Si Mohand Salem Zenia See also List of Kabyle people Notes and references External links Provisional Government of Kabylie (ANAVAD) Kabyle Movement of Autonomy Kabyle centric news site Social web site Kabyle centric news site Ethnologue.com about Kabyle language Algerian linguistic policy Cultural site Analysis Ethnic groups in Algeria Indigenous peoples of North Africa Berber peoples and tribes