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Redha Houhou (1911-1956)
Ahmed Redha Houhou was born in 1911 in the village of Sidi Okba in the wilaya of Biskra, into a wealthy family. He received a double intellectual training; he studied at the Koranic school and obtained the primary studies certificate then entered high school. In 1934, he left Algeria for “Hijaz” with his family to work in the administration of the post office in Mecca. Returning to Algeria, after the events of May 8, 1945, he settled in Constantine and joined the Association of Ulemas as school director for education and Islamic teaching. In 1947, he was a member of the board of directors and general secretary of the Ibn Badis Institute. He is the author of several articles in the association's newspapers and in magazines and periodicals in the Orient and Hijaz. Through his works, he criticized Algerian society, politics and the status of women. A man of letters and thinker, Redha Houhou died on March 29, 1956, in Constantine.
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Man's First Trip to the Moon
5th Anniversary of the African Development Bank ADB
1° Pan-African Cultural Festival
Fiftieth anniversary (1919-1969) of the International Labor Organization
8th Arab Jamboree, in Algiers
Emigration of Algerians to Europe
International Year of Human Rights
Idaho World Jamboree (U.S.A)
National Youth Day
International Year of Tourism 1967
20th Anniversary of UNESCO
Return from the Ashes of Emir Abdelkader
18th Anniversary of the Dir Yacine Massacre
30th Anniversary of Algerian Muslim Scouts
Centenary of the International Telecommunications Union
20th Anniversary of the United Nations
3rd Anniversary of the Fire of the Library of Algiers
1st International Fair of Algiers
Safeguarding the monuments of Nubia
Labor Day
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Centenary of the International Red Cross
9th Anniversary of the 1954 Revolution
