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Lounes Matoub
Lounès Matoub is the famous Algerian Kabyle singer, poet, and thinker who sparked an intellectual revolution and mandola player, ardent defender of Berber justice, human rights and mastery. secular meaning in Algeria throughout life. Lounes Matoub has been defamed by most Muslims in Algeria for his political views and secular atheism and accused of blaspheming a number of songs and militants supporting Berber rights, so he was unpopular with all warring parties in the Algerian civil war. His assassination, under uncertain circumstances, sparked riots in Kabylia. The Kabylians have always accused the Algerian government of killing Matoub, but some Algerian government figures have accused Islamist terrorists of this crime.
Native nameⵍⵡⴻⵏⵏⴰⵙ ⵎⴻⵄⵟⵓⴱ or ⵎⵄⵟⵓⴱ ⵍⵓⵏⵉⵙ
Birth nameLounès Matoub
Also known asMeεṭub Lwennas
BornJanuary 24, 1956, Aït Douala, Algeria
DiedJune 25, 1998, Aït Aïssi, Algeria
GenresChaabi
Occupation(s)Singer, poet, political activist
InstrumentsAlgerian mandole, guitar
Years active1978–1998

About Lounes Matoub

Poet Lounes Matoub was born on January 24, 1956 in Algeria (He dies at the age of 42, on January 25, 1998).

Thinker who wrote the heretical song"Allahu Akbar" and rose to prominence as a symbol of resistance and human rights through his poetry. Following his assassination, Kabylie was shaken by riots and unrest.

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Lounes Matoub before becoming famous

Lounes Matoub was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1956 is also the year of Monkey (猴) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He created his first guitar out of an oil can when he was nine years old, defying his school's Arabization program.

Achievement of Lounes Matoub

He was widely read by Algerians on both sides of the civil war. The Armed Islamic Group added his name to a list of intellectuals and artists to be targeted.

Lounes Matoub's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

On June 25, 1998, masked gunmen stopped his car at a roadblock in eastern Algeria. His assailant's firearms showered bullets down on him, killing him and injuring his wife and two sisters.

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A year after his death, Politician Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President of Algeria and oversaw the end of the country's devastating civil war.

Lounes Matoub Income & Net worth

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Lounes Matoub Height and Weight

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Latest information about Lounes Matoub updated on March 23 2023.