# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/moufdi-zakaria
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:11:37.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/moufdi-zakaria"
name: "Moufdi Zakaria"
slug: "moufdi-zakaria"
description: "Cheikh Zakaria Ben Slimane Ben Yahia Ben Cheikh Slimane Ben Hadj Aïssa, commonly known as Moufdi Zakaria and also referred to by some sources as Zekri Cheikh, was an Algerian activist, nationalist, poet and writer. He wrote the lyrics of Kassaman, the national anthem of Algeria, purportedly with his own blood while imprisoned by the French in 1955."
tagline: "Algerian poet (1908–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moufdi_Zakaria_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-06-12"
deathDate: "1977-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.109296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Moufdi Zakaria"
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    title: "Moufdi Zakaria"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moufdi_Zakaria"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moufdi Zakaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մուֆդի Զաքարիա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moufdi Zakaria"
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    title: "Mufdi Zakariya"
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    title: "Moufdi Zakaria"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump