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El Alia Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة العالية, romanized: Maqbarat al-ʻĀlīyah) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria the result of the donation in 1928 of a 78 hectares ( 193 acres) plot of land by its owner called "El Alia" means in Arabic which is high, but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, Hamza El-Alia before her departure to mecca .




History


It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and also has the graves of actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sports people.
Allied soldiers who died during the North African Campaign were also buried there, including men who were evacuated to Africa after being wounded during Operation Husky, and who died there. Commonwealth graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.




Notable interments


Emir Abdelkader, military, political and religious leader, freedom fighter, writer, human rights advocate (body controversially reinterned from 1883 burial grounds in Damascus near his mentor Ibn Arabi's body in 1965)
Ahmed Mahsas, militant and politician
Kateb Yacine, writer
Colonel Amirouche, revolutionary fighter
Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, important figure of the Algerian resistance movement
Krim Belkacem, revolutionary fighter and politician
Ferhat Abbas, pharmacist, writer and political leader
Warda Al-Jazairia, singer
Keltoum, Algerian actress
Larbi Ben M'hidi, revolutionary leader
Mohamed Benameur, football player
Ali Kafi, politician
Smain Lamari, head of an Algerian intelligence service, the Department of Counter-Espionage and Internal Security
M'hamed Benguettaf, actor and playwright
Abderrezak Bouhara, politician
Ahmed Ben Bella, socialist soldier, revolutionary and first President of Algeria
Chadli Bendjedid, politician and third President of Algeria
Houari Boumedienne colonel, military and politician, and second President of Algeria
Djelloul Khatib, revolutionary fighter and public servant
Mahfoud Nahnah, politician
Mostefa Beloucif, military
Ali Tounsi, Chief of Algeria's national police force
Abdelmadjid Aouchiche, founder of DNC/ANP and former minister of housing
Mohamed Hardi, politician
Bachir Boumaza, politician
Cherif Guellal, businessman and diplomat
Lakehal Ayat, military general and politician
Chérif Belkacem, politician
Gaston Désiré Chatelain, military adjudant-chef buried in 1958 he was exhumed in 1959 and buried in Thugny-Trugny, France.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, politician and seventh President of Algeria.
Abdelkader Bensalah, politician, President of the Council of the Nation and acting Head of State of Algeria.




See also


Cemeteries of Algiers




References






External links


Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
El Alia Cemetery at Find a Grave
El Alia Cemetery at billiongraves.com

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