Rabah Aït Ouyahia is an Algerian-

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

actor."Une révision : Entrevue avec Rabah Aït Ouyahia"

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, November 2, 2021. He is most noted as a two-time Jutra/Iris nominee for Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the

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in 2002 for '' Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron)'' and at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for '' A Revision (Une révision)''. He came to Canada in 1996 as a refugee from the

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. His other acting roles have included the films '' Montreal, White City (Montréal ville blanche)'' and ''

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'', the television series ''L'Imposteur'', and a 2017 stage production of ''

Bashir Lazhar Bashir, al-Bashir or Al-Bashir may refer to: People * Bashir (name), notably borne as a mononym by ** Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab dynasty ** Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon ** Bashir III (1775–1860), rule ...

''.Christian Saint-Pierre
"«Bashir Lazhar»: apprendre à vivre"
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Le Devoir (, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910. is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...

'', September 26, 2017.

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