He was assassinated on June 22, in the Souk El Acer in Constantine, which led to the mass exodus of Algerian Jews, whose presence dated back to Antiquity, probably to the founding of Carthage in the 8th century BC. Jews were certainly already living there two centuries before our era. The Judeans settled in Algeria, driven out by the Ptolemies, then by the Romans after the destruction of the Temple 70 AD , where the Jews of North Africa coexisted with the Berbers indigenous people , then the Arab conquest in North Africa, which ended in Algeria in the 8th century, brought North Africa into the Arab-Islamic space and lastingly marked the identity of the local Jewish communities, whose status was now governed by the dhimma.
Then he adopted the pseudonym Enrico Macias in Since then, he has traveled the world, recording and singing in French, Algerian Arabic, Spanish and Italian, testing his repertoire with great success on all continents and in Eastern countries such as Lebanon, Israel, Greece and Turkey where many of his songs are translated and performed by artists.
His dream of performing in concert in Algeria sparked immense controversy. That dream that has not left him since , the date of his departure from the country. Today at his 86th birthday, the singer Enrico Macias still demands his return to Algeria before leaving this world. Data protection consent I agree that Pressenza IPA inform me by e-mail daily about published news content and as well about other interesting information and activities.
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