Sid Ali Kouiret

Biography

Sid Ali Kouiret was born on January 3, 1933, in Algiers, Algeria, and died April 5, 2015, in the same city. As a young boy, he survived a violent home life and turned to petty theft before finding work as a shoeshine boy at the port. He went on to join various theater troupes, including Mustapha Kateb's, and eventually became a professional actor with the municipal troupe of Algiers.