Abdelkader El Djazairi

Born in 1807, in the village of Guetna in western Algeria. 

- Mujahed cleric, poet, writer, scholar, mystic and national hero of Algeria. As a child, he learned the Qur'an and the Qur'anic sciences from his father, Mohi al-Din El Djazairi, who was a pious jurist and mujahed, and memorized the Qur'an, and then turned to learning other sciences and aroused everyone's amazement. 

- Fifteen years led the Algerian popular resistance against the French occupation. 

- Known as the founder of New Algeria