What is Saadi Yacef?
[[File:Saadi Yacef 1966.jpg|200px|center|thumb|Yacef at the 1966 Venice Film Festival]] '''Saadi Yacef''' (20 January 1928 – 10 September 2021) was an Algerian independence fighter and a politician. He was the leader of [[Algeria]]'s [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] during his country's [[Algerian War of Independence|war of independence]]. He was a Senator in Algeria's [[Council of the Nation]] until his death. He was born in [[Algiers]], Algeria. An actor, he appeared in [[The Battle of Algiers]] which was based on his 1962 memoirs ''Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger''. Yacef played a character modeled on his own experiences (named as Djafar) in the battle.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-09-25|title=Saadi Yacef, Algerian independence fighter who starred in ‘Battle of Algiers,’ dies at 93|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/saadi-yacef-dead/2021/09/15/9beeb468-14ab-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html|access-date=2023-09-15|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Yacef died on 10 September 2021 in Algiers at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite web | title=Décès du révolutionnaire Yacef Saadi | website=El Watan | date=10 Sep 2021 | url=https://www.elwatan.com/edition/actualite/deces-du-revolutionnaire-yacef-saadi-10-09-2021 | language=fr | access-date=11 September 2021 | archive-date=10 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910212703/https://www.elwatan.com/edition/actualite/deces-du-revolutionnaire-yacef-saadi-10-09-2021 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was buried at the [[El Kettar cemetery]] in Algiers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=TheMaghrebTimes.com|date=2021-09-13|title=Algeria: Death of Yacef Saadi, Hero of the Battle of Algiers|url=https://themaghrebtimes.com/algeria-death-of-yacef-saadi-hero-of-the-battle-of-algiers/|access-date=2023-09-15|website=The Maghreb Times !|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yacef, Saadi}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Algerian activists]] [[Category:Algeri