Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tukuna ia i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka neke ia ki te Casbah o Algiers i reira i mahi ai ia hei kaikawe makawe, me te whare tapere hoki. I hangaia e ia te ahua o Na'anaa i roto i te whakaari "El-houria" i riro, i te 1950, "te" puranga "" ka "tigoule ou ti ghoul pas". Whai muri i te whakakorenga o te roopu, i utua ia i te tau 1953 ki te mahi i runga pouaka whakaata i raro i te. Ko tana whakaari tuatahi ko "La poursuite" ("The Chase") I te wa i puta ai te
I pakaru te pakanga a Algeria mo te rangatiratanga, i tino whakapau kaha ia ki te whawhai. I te tau 1968, i uru ia ki te Whare Tapere o Algeria, katahi ka whakarere i tana ahuatanga tino pai "Na'naa" mo te mea nui ake "Boubagra". I haereere ia ki Algeria mo te tekau tau me te roopu whare tapere o Four Seasons. I te tau 1976 i pootihia ia ki te National People's Congress, a ka whakakorehia te kamupene. Kua whakaatuhia a Hassan El-Hassani i roto i nga tiwhikete o te maha o nga pouaka whakaata me nga kiriata mai i te mana motuhake.