Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

Who is Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir?

Hadj Smaine is an Algerian actor, director, and man of stage who was born in 1932 in Constantine, Algeria,

At that period,the city of Constantine was known for religion, culture, art, as well as Algerian Arabo-Islamic traditions and customs.

Hadj Smain Constantine grew up alongside one of his family and friends loving art and culture in general, movies, music, scouting, sports like swimming in Sidi M'Sid Swimming pool. Scout with friends, playing Hadj Smain small skits inspired by the movies they watched in the halls of the city. Friends, they went to film club Constantine. The Popular University was also the conservatory of the city of Constantine, were awarded to local associations for musicians, amateur theatre, for Scouts and others. The Popular University also had other administrative duties as it depended on a state structure, the French colonial administration.

Over time, Hadj Smain had joined the theatre group "The Thousand and One Nights" with other friends of Scouting, late Hassan Belhadj and Abdelkrim Menai. After several years of theatrical practice, Hadj Smain leaves the troupe "The Thousand and One Night" to create a theatre without a "sketch", similar to that practices in Europe and the Arab world.