Boumerdès is a province (wilaya) of northern Algeria,located in the Kabylia region,between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou,with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès just east of Algiers.
Amirouche Aït Hamouda,commonly known as Colonel Amirouche,was an Algerian military leader during the Algerian War. He organizied the irregular military of the Wilaya III and is considered a national hero in Algeria.
Mostefa Bouchachi,born in 1954 in Sidi Abdelaziz,in the current Jijel Province,Algeria,is an Algerian lawyer and politician.
The post of Mufti in Algiers,or Shaykh al-Djazaïr,has been filled by a member of the Maliki and Hanafi ulema,the religious scholars,of Algiers,within the Algerian Islamic reference.
Aït Si Amar is a village in the Boumerdès Province in Kabylie,Algeria.
Mohamed Boumerdassi,was considered a Grand Master of Bedouin music,Malhun and Algerian music.
Chabab Moustaqbal Baladiat de Thénia,known as CMB Thénia or CMBT for short,is an Algerian football club located in Thénia,Algeria. The club was founded in 1910 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium,Stade de Thénia,has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club is currently playing the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur.
Many bombings were committed during the Algerian Civil War that began in 1991. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) claimed responsibility for many of them,while for others no group has claimed responsibility. These terrorist incidents generated a widespread sense of fear in Algeria. The number of bombings peaked in 2007,with a smaller peak in 2002,and they were particularly concentrated in the areas between Algiers and Tizi Ouzou,with very few occurring in the east or in the Sahara.
The 2005 Tidjelabine bombing occurred on July 29,2005,when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Tidjelabine,Boumerdès Province,Algeria killing 2 and injuring 4. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb was suspected as being responsible.
The 2012 Baghlia bombing occurred on April 29,2012 when a bomb detonated against a patrol of the Algerian police in the town of Baghlia,Boumerdès Province,Algeria injuring 7. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb was suspected as being responsible.
Brahim Boushaki,was an Algerian Scholar,Imam and Sufi Sheikh. He was born in the village of Soumâa near the town of Thénia 53 km east of Algiers. He was raised in a very spiritual environment within Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki with high Islamic values and ethics. He had great interpersonal skills and devoted his entire life in service of Islam and Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference.
The villa Sésini is a torture center established in El Biar during the Algerian war in the city of Algiers.
Ahmed Mahsas was an Algerian militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria.
Hocine Mezali is an Algerian journalist and writer. He had been the head of intelligence during the Battle of Algiers (1956–1957).
Fodil Mezali is an Algerian journalist,editor-in-chief and managing editor.
Othmane Senadjki was an Algerian journalist and editor-in-chief of El Khabar newspaper.
Mohamed Hassaïne was an Algerian journalist.
Omar Fetmouche is an Algerian artist,actor and playwright.
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