Himoud Brahimi

Born: 1918-03-18

Himoud Brahimi born in Algiers on March 18, 1918, was a poet, inspired writer, swimmer - he broke the world record for freediving in 1956 at the Paris swimming pool - memorable actor of the Algerian National Theater and best cinema Algerian in the 1970s and 80s, (he notably distinguished himself in the film "Tahya Ya Didou" by Mohamed Zinet and "Taxi El Makhfi" (The Clandestine) by Benamar Bakhti), an essential character in the heated debates from then to the Algiers cinema library. Mohamed Brahimi, baptized "Himoud" by his nanny M'Barka, nicknamed Momo by his French admirers, is a profound and multifaceted character, his career will be dominated by his relationship to the sciences of metaphysics, publishing, among others, The Supreme Identity (1958), a manifesto on theology and philosophy. This Sufi Muslim was interested in Christianity, Judaism and even Hinduism, revealing a philosophy inherent in integral love and knowledge through light: "I learned that the value of man lies not in not in what he can imagine and create for the world of the senses; but to encourage the infiltration of light into what is still unknown in it, to enlarge the knowledge of the infinite that it conveys.” Described as a blessed poet, Momo – it is true – left his mark with these verses and especially with his text “Mienne Casbah”. The love he has for her – and by extrapolation to his entire country. Friendly humanist without limits has always advocated love of one's neighbor, whatever the country and its culture, but proclaiming his city as a "sleeping conscience of a civilization" in the Mediterranean, a reference to the historical and cultural memory of Algeria and an immutable link between the past and the present. He led this fight until his death on June 30, 1997 in Algiers. He will have lived rebellious, loving freedom and dignity.


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Sons of the Earth

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-01

"Hijos de la tierra" presents a drama set a little before the 1920s, in which scattered news,...

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العنقة (El Anka)

as Self
Released: 1981-01-01

1/4 - In 1925, the young M’hamed El Anka replaced his master Nador at short notice. He realizes...

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Le Clandestin

as Hassan
Released: 1989-01-01

Nine people with Abdullah Le Clandestin (Illegal Taxi), in one car, on the way to Algiers.

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Heart of the Casbah

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-24

Maria-Pilar is the new wife of an Algerian gangster whom the police have just arrested. The son...

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Daughter of the Sands

as The jester
Released: 1949-01-11

This Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she...

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Cry of Stone

as Salah
Released: 1987-01-14

Directed by Abderrahmane Bouguermouh.

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Tahia Ya Didou !

as Momo, Le poète
Released: 1971-01-02

Originally commissioned by the city of Algiers to promote tourism, Mohamed Zinet’s Tahia ya...

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Sandstorm

as uncredited
Released: 1982-04-04

Seen right through the sandstorms that rack the lives of a tribe living on a desert oasis, is a...

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The Olive tree of Boul'hivet

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-02

Directed by Mohamed Nadir Azizi.

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