Tahar Cheriaa ( aeb, الطاهر شريعة; January 5, 1927 – November 4, 2010) was a
Tunisia
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n film critic and the founder of the
Carthage Film Festival in 1966, the first Panafrican and Panarab film festival.
Biography
Cheriaa was born in
Sayada in
Tunisia
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. He was the founder of the
Carthage Film Festival in 1966 and he led the first five events which were held every other year.
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Cheria was involved in the translation of Arabic poetry and he was a writer and spokesperson for Arab-African film culture. He was awarded the ''Grand Cordon of National Merit''.]Ezzahra
Ezzahra (الزهراء) is a coastal town on the outskirts of Tunis located south of the capital.
Ezzahra is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the municipalities of Rades, Hammam Lif and Boumhel EL-Bassatine.
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in 2010. He is buried in his hometown of Sayada.
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1927 births
2010 deaths
Tunisian film directors
People from Sayada
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