16 Facts About Hocine Mezali

Hocine Mezali was born on in Bordj Menaiel on 5 March 1938 and is an Algerian journalist and writer.

Hocine Mezali had been the head of intelligence during the Battle of Algiers.

Hocine Mezali then joined the National Liberation Front and National Liberation Army.

Hocine Mezali served as the head of intelligence in the Autonomous Zone of Algiers during the Battle of Algiers.

Hocine Mezali contributed to creating the Algerian press, and his long career in official organs began in 1963 after Algerian independence was regained.

Hocine Mezali began his journalistic career in the periodical "L'Ouvrier Algerien" affiliated with the Union generale des syndicats algeriens, which was later taken over by the General Union of Algerian Workers.

Hocine Mezali was among the journalists who launched the first issue of this publication dated 17 August 1962.

Hocine Mezali contributed to building the Algerian press building by joining in efforts to build its key structures.

In 1965, Hocine Mezali joined the daily El Moudjahid, a press organ launched that year which brought together some of the best French-speaking Algerian journalists of the time.

Hocine Mezali preferred to cover lectures and debates led by leading figures in thought and dialectics in the 1960s and 1970s.

Hocine Mezali was a collaborator of Gillo Pontecorvo's team who directed the film The Battle of Algiers and was the main literary assistant of his close friend Saadi Yacef in his book about the Battle of Algiers.

Hocine Mezali was the studio floor manager of the Casbah Film company's cinematographic epic in 1966.

Hocine Mezali participated in television productions as a media professional.

Hocine Mezali was among the journalists who instilled a dynamic of democratic openness in the only TV channel existing in Algeria.

When Horizons newspaper was launched on 1 October 1985, Hocine Mezali was appointed to supervise the society section of this French-speaking daily, several of whose journalists came from the editorial staff of El Moudjahid and Algerie-Actualite.

Hocine Mezali then served as director of the monthly review L'Observateur published in Algiers from 1 March 1991, until November 1991.