Ahmed Ayad (
Arabic
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: أحمد عياد) better known by his stage name as Rouiched; was an Algerian comedy actor and singer, born on April 28, 1921, at
Algiers
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and died on January 28, 1999, at
El Biar
El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is located in the daïra#Algeria, administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the Algiers Province. As of the 1998 census, it has a population of 52, ...
(Algiers).
Biography
Rouiched was from
Kabylie
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(Town of
Azeffoun
Azeffoun, the classical antiquity, classical Rusazus and French Algeria, colonial PortGueydon, is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, located on Cape Corbelin north-east of Tizi Ouzou. The economy of ...
, Aarch Ait Djennad, Wilaya of
Tizi-Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria, and capital of Tizi Ouzou Province and Tizi Ouzou District. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylia region ...
). During his childhood, he had many occupations to survive. Self-educated, his took the stage for the first time in a theater piece of
Abdelhamid Ababsa called “Estardjâ Ya Assi”. His interpretation was remarkable. After that, he devoted himself and his time to the art, and became the leader of an artistic troop. He worked with a lot of great actors of that times: Rachid Ksentini, Mustapha Badie, Nadjat Tounsi, Sid-Ali Fernandel, Mohamed Touri, Mustapha Kateb…
After the
independence of Algeria
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Algerian War (1954–1962)
The Algerian War of Independence began in November ...
in 1962, he was a member of “Théatre National Algerien” (Algerian National Theater). But his greatest success was the film “
Hassen Terro” of
Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina. He pursued his career on the Algerian Television and acted in many comedies and telefilms until his death.
Filmography
* 1966 : ''
The Battle of Algiers
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''
* 1967 : ''Hassan terro''
* 1971 : ''
L'Opium et le Bâton''
* 1974 : ''L'évasion de Hassan Terro'' de Mustapha Badie.
* 1982 : ''Hassan Taxi''
* 1983 : ''L'Affiche'' de
Djamel Fezzaz
* 1986 : ''Médaille à Hassan''
* 1989 : ''Hassan Niya''
* 1991 : ''Ombres blanches''
Bibliography
''Dictionnaire des musiciens et interprètes algériens'', Achour Cheurfi, ANEP Ed. Alger 1997
External links
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Algerian male stage actors
20th-century Algerian male actors
Kabyle people
1921 births
1999 deaths
Algerian male television actors