Slimane Benaïssa

Slimane Benaïssa (in Arabic: سليمان بنعيسى), born on December 11, 1943, in Guelma in eastern Algeria, he is one of the pioneers of Algerian Popular Theater, but above all an internationally recognized director. Slimane Benaïssa's two sons, Mehdi Benaïssa and Khaled Benaïssa, also practice an artistic discipline. However, his university career is not, a priori, that of a literary person, he began studying Mathematics before doing his military service in 1965 in Cherchell. The ruins of the Roman theater of ancient Caesarea in Mauritania (now Cherchell) will have more resonance in him than the b…