Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wani mai zuwa daga baya ga 'yan wasa masu sana'a, Boujattaoui ya fara gasar kasa da kasa a shekara ta 2008. Babban gasa ta farko ita ce 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, inda ya gama a matsayi na 40. A shekara mai zuwa ya inganta sosai kuma ya gama a matsayi na takwas a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 2009, inda ya jagoranci tawagar maza ta Morocco zuwa matsayi na shida a cikin jeri. Daga nan ya wakilci kasarsa a Wasannin Bahar Rum na 2009 kuma ya yi rikodin mafi kyau na minti 8:13.83 a tseren tseren mita 3000 don lambar azurfa. Abokin aikinsa Jamel Chatbi ne ya doke shi zuwa zinare, wanda ya kasa gwajin kwayoyi watanni biyu bayan haka (yana gwada tabbatacce ga clenbuterol).