Ahmed Reda Houhou

Ahmad Rida Huhu (Arabic: أحمد رضا حوحو) was a writer, novelist, and journalist was born on the 15 December 1910 in the village of Sidi Okba in the Biskra Province of Algeria. He grew up in Algeria and moved to Hejaz to complete his higher education in 1935. In 1956, Huhu was arrested by the French police and taken to Djebel El Wahch, where he was executed.

Early life

Huhu was born on the 15 December 1910 in the village of Sidi Okba in the Biskra Province. He started his education at al-kuttab at an early age like all Algerians at the time. Then, he attended elementary school. Upon successful completion of his elementary education, his father sent him to Skikda to continue his studies in a private school in 1928. As a result of the French policy that did not allow Algerians to continue their education, Huhu could not finish high school, therefore, he went back to the South and started working as a telegraph for Sidi Okba post office. . In addition, in 1938, he graduated from the college of Sharia with high grades, which made him eligible for a teaching position in the same college. He was appointed Editorial Secretary of Al-Manhal Magazine in the same year, He stayed at that job until he returned to Algeria in 1946 after the death of his parents. of which he was the editor-in-chief. After the independence of Algeria, his body and eight others were found buried in one pit in Oued el Hamimin. He was reburied in the Martyrs' Cemetery in El Khroub. Freedom struggle martyr, Ahmad Rida Huhu, fought for his country and for freedom of speech. He fought, both socially and politically, and used his pen to enrich Algerian literature.