RAMPE VALEE RAMPE LOUNI AREZKI ET LE MOULOUDIA CLUB ALGEROIS MCA

RAMPE/RUE VALEE RAMPE LOUNI AREZKI FROM BAB DJEDID TO BAB EL OUED AND THE MOULOUDIA CLUB OF ALGERIA (MCA) HADJ BOUCHIBA ABDELGHANI (1903-1957) BORN IN CONSTANTINE, HE GREW UP IN RAMPE VALEE (CURRENTLY RAMPE LOUNI AREZKI). MANAGER OF ICONIC CAFES AND A MUSICIAN, HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1957 BY CLANDESTINE COLONIAL GROUPS. FOUILA SID AHMED (1898-?) A COMPLETE ATHLETE AND EDUCATOR, HE TRAINED GENERATIONS OF ATHLETES FROM RAMPE VALEE (CURRENTLY RAMPE LOUNI AREZKI). HE WAS COACH AND MANAGER OF THE MOULOUDIA CLUB OF ALGERIA (MCA). THE ABDI BROTHERS PIONEERS OF ALGERIAN SWIMMING, THEY MADE THEIR MARSH AT RAMPE VALEE (CURRENTLY RAMPE LOUNI AREZKI) BEFORE JOINING MCA IN 1921. THEIR LEGACY EMBODYES THE HISTORICAL LINK BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPORT. THE LATE TARAKLI MOHAMED (1910-?) BORN IN THE CASBAH, RAMPE VALEE (CURRENTLY RAMPE LOUNI AREZKI), THE FAMILY GROCERY STORE. GENERAL SECRETARY OF "EL MIZHAR EL DJAZAIRI" AND ASSISTANT TREASURER OF MCA, HE EMBODIED THE CULTURAL AND SPORTING COMMITMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. EL HADJ M'HAMED EL ANKA (1907-1978) The absolute master of Chaabi music, he lived near the Vallée ramp (now the Louni Arezki ramp). Amar Ezzahi (1941-2016) The legendary voice of Chaabi, he grew up in the inspiring shadow of the Vallée ramp (now the Louni Arezki ramp). His profound melodies carried the soul of the neighborhood far beyond Algiers. The Haouchine family Mouloudia supporters and owners of the Café de l'Étoile Sportive Algéroise (ESA), now located in the Koudia Casbah.