Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Merzak Allouache a unguwar Bab el-Oued da ke Algiers. Mahaifinsa ma'aikacin gidan waya ne na Kabyle Berber kuma mahaifiyarsa matar gida ce ta Aljeriya daga Casbah.
Yaƙin 'Yanci na Aljeriya ya fara ne a 1954 kuma yana da shekaru goma sha takwas ne kawai a lokacin shekarar samun' yanci a 1962.