M'hamed Issiakhem (17 June 1928 – 1 December 1985) is one of the founders of the modern

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Biography

M'hamed Issiakhem born on 17 June 1928 in Taboudoucht, a small village near

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, around 43 kilometers from

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). In 1931 his family moved to

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where he spent most of his childhood. In 1943 he handled a stolen grenade, from a French military camp, which exploded. Two sisters and a nephew of his died. Hospitalized for two years, he lost his left arm. Between 1947 and 1951 he was in the Student Society of Fine Arts at the

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and followed the courses of miniaturiste