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Abdelkader Alloula (Ar.
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 ??? ?????? ?????) was an Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
n playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
, born in 1929 and assassinated in 1994.

He was born in Ghazaouet in western Algeria, and studied drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. He joined the Algerian National Theatre upon its creation in 1963 following independence. His works, typically in vernacular Algerian Arabic
Algerian Arabic

Algerian Arabic is the Varieties of Arabic or varieties of Arabic language spoken in Algeria. In Algeria, as elsewhere, spoken Arabic differs from written Arabic; Algerian Arabic has an essentially Berber phonetic , a vocabulary with many new words and some loanwords from Berber, Turkish language, Spanish language, and French language, and li...
, included:



He was working on an Arabic version of Tartuffe
Tartuffe

Tartuffe is a comedy by Moli?re, and arguably his most famous play. It was written and first performed in 1664 at the f?tes held at Versailles, and almost immediately censorship by the outcry of the D?vots , who were very influential in the court of King Louis XIV....
 when he was assassinated by two members of FIDA (Islamic Front for Armed Jihad
Islamic Front for Armed Jihad

The Islamic Front for Armed Jihad was a militant Islamist organization active during the Algerian Civil War. It called for the violent overthrow of the secular Algerian government, and a system of government based on shari'a law....
) during Ramadan
Ramadan

Rama?an is an Islamic religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month in which the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet of Islam Muhammad....
 on March 10, 1994, as he left his house in Oran
Oran

Oran is a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast in northwestern Algeria. Oran marked the largest westernmost metropolitan area of the then Ottoman Empire....
.






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Abdelkader Alloula (Ar.
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 ??? ?????? ?????) was an Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
n playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
, born in 1929 and assassinated in 1994.

He was born in Ghazaouet in western Algeria, and studied drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. He joined the Algerian National Theatre upon its creation in 1963 following independence. His works, typically in vernacular Algerian Arabic
Algerian Arabic

Algerian Arabic is the Varieties of Arabic or varieties of Arabic language spoken in Algeria. In Algeria, as elsewhere, spoken Arabic differs from written Arabic; Algerian Arabic has an essentially Berber phonetic , a vocabulary with many new words and some loanwords from Berber, Turkish language, Spanish language, and French language, and li...
, included:

  • El-Aâleg (1969) - "The Leech", a satire of corrupt administration
  • El-Khobza (1970) - "Bread"
  • Homq Salim (1972) - "Salim's Madness", a monologue based on Nikolai Gogol
    Nikolai Gogol

    Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainians-born Russian people writer. Although his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were heavily influenced by his Ukraine upbringing and identity, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature; often called the "father of modern Russian realism" he...
    's Diary of a Madman
  • Hammam Rabbi (1975) - "God's Bath", based on Gogol's The Government Inspector
  • The Generous Trilogy:
    • El-Agoual (1980) - "The Sayings"
    • El-Adjouad (1984) - "The Generous"
    • El-Litham (1989) - "The Veil"


He was working on an Arabic version of Tartuffe
Tartuffe

Tartuffe is a comedy by Moli?re, and arguably his most famous play. It was written and first performed in 1664 at the f?tes held at Versailles, and almost immediately censorship by the outcry of the D?vots , who were very influential in the court of King Louis XIV....
 when he was assassinated by two members of FIDA (Islamic Front for Armed Jihad
Islamic Front for Armed Jihad

The Islamic Front for Armed Jihad was a militant Islamist organization active during the Algerian Civil War. It called for the violent overthrow of the secular Algerian government, and a system of government based on shari'a law....
) during Ramadan
Ramadan

Rama?an is an Islamic religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month in which the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet of Islam Muhammad....
 on March 10, 1994, as he left his house in Oran
Oran

Oran is a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast in northwestern Algeria. Oran marked the largest westernmost metropolitan area of the then Ottoman Empire....
. His widow, Radja Alloula, and friends set up the Abdelkader Alloula Foundation in his memory.

His brother, Malek Alloula, is also a noted Algerian writer.