Ahmed Zabana
Ahmed Zabana (Arabic: أحمد زبانة) (real name: Ahmed Zahana), born in 1926 in El Ksar, near Zahana about 32 km far from Oran, was an Algerian militant who participated in the outbreak of the Algerian War of liberation. He was executed by guillotine on May 19, 1956 in Algiers.
In popular culture
- Ahmed Zabana National Museum is a museum in Oran dedicated to Algeria's battle for independence from France including many militants executed by the French between 1954 and 1962. It is named in the memory of Ahmed Zabana considered a national hero.
- Stade Ahmed Zabana is a multi-purpose stadium in Oran named after him.
- In 2012, the Algerian film director Saïd Ould-Khelifa launched a biographical film Zabana! with the lead role of Zabana played by Imad Benchenni.[1]
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Algeria