Lamine Merbah
Mohammed Lamine Merbah (28 July 1946 – 24 July 2026) was an Algerian filmmaker. After he earned a licentiate in sociology from the University of Algiers, he took a hiatus from filmmaking between 1995 and 2002 due to a severe illness. After his return, he notably went on to create a soap opera titled Darna Lakdima (Notre ancienne maison) and documentaries titled L'Afrique, des ténèbres à la lumière and L'Imam Ibn Youcef Es-snoussi.
Lamine Merbah
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- Name
- Lamine Merbah
- Birth Name
- Mohammed Lamine Merbah
- Born
- 28 July 1946
- Birthplace
- Palikao, French Algeria
- Died
- 24 July 2026
- Place of death
- Algiers, Algeria
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Education
- University of Algiers (Lic.)
- Full name
- Merbah.
- Nationality
- Algeria.
- Languages
- Arabic.
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Mohammed Lamine Merbah (28 July 1946 – 24 July 2026) was an Algerian filmmaker. After he earned a licentiate in sociology from the University of Algiers, he took a hiatus from filmmaking between 1995 and 2002 due to a severe illness. After his return, he notably went on to create a soap opera titled Darna Lakdima (Notre ancienne maison) and documentaries titled L'Afrique, des ténèbres à la lumière and L'Imam Ibn Youcef Es-snoussi.
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Merbah died in Algiers on 24 July 2026, four days shy of his 80th birthday.
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• Name — Lamine Merbah • Birth Name — Mohammed Lamine Merbah • Born — 28 July 1946 • Birthplace — Palikao, French Algeria • Died — 24 July 2026 • Place of death — Algiers, Algeria • Occupation — Filmmaker • Education — University of Algiers (Lic.) • Native Name — لمين مرباح
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1946
Lamine Merbah born at Tighennif.
2026
Lamine Merbah died at Algiers.
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Tighennif.
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- 1.Benmokhtar, Ben. Le cinéaste Lamine Merbah tire sa révérence: Bendouda présente ses condoléances. L'Algérie Aujourd'hui. 24 July 2026.
- 2.Mohamed Lamine Merbah. IMDb.
- 3.Lakdima, Darna. Une production de Lamine Merbah. Le Maghreb. 28 August 2008.
- 4.Plus de 480 femmes ont subi des examens. Liberte-Algerie.com. 21 January 2013.
- 5.ثراء تاريخي و ثقافي. tlemcen2011.org.
- 6.Décès du cinéaste Lamine Merbah : le cinéma algérien perd l'un de ses pionniers. Le Matin d'Algérie. 24 July 2026.
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