Taha El-Amiri

Acting

20 Aug 1927

† 03 Sept 2024

Algiers, Algeria

Biography

Taha El-Amiri, whose real name is Abderrahmane Bestandji, is an actor and director of the Algerian national theater, born on August 20, 1927, in the popular district of Casbah, in the heights of Algiers. Committed actor and activist within the Algerian People's Party (PPA). He learned dramaturgy, under the guidance of Mahiedine Bechtarzi, the founding father of Algerian theater, alongside his companion Habib Redha, the martyr Majid Redha, the actress Kelthoum and the actor Hassane El Hassani. H...