Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau a Merzak Allouache i te takiwa o Algiers o Bab el-Oued. Ko tōna pāpā he kaimahi pou o Kabyle Berber, ā, ko tōna whaea he wahine kāinga nō Casbah.
i tīmata i te tau 1954, ā, tekau mā waru noa iho ia i te tau o te rangatiratanga i te tau 1962.