Abdel Majid Taboun Yahya the artists of Algeria on their national day and the commemoration of the artist on my pension

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune saluted the artists in Algeria on the occasion of their national day, which falls today, Tuesday, June 8, and also commemorating the artist Ali Maashi, who was assassinated by the French colonial forces on June 8, 1958.

And Tebboune wrote, through his account on Facebook: "I salute all the Algerian artists and artists, on the occasion of their national day, and I also salute on the occasion everyone who still carries in his heart the memory of the martyrdom of Ali Maashi - may God have mercy on him."

Algeria celebrates the National Artist Day, which falls on June 8 of each year, to commemorate the kidnapping and assassination of the militant artist Ali Maashi in 1958 in the city of Tiaret, who disturbed the colonial forces with his patriotic songs.

The Ministry of Culture and Arts celebrates the occasion by organizing a number of demonstrations in the houses of culture and theaters, and in the context the first digital cards for artists will be distributed, according to the head of the National Council for Arts and Letters, Mohamed Sari, who confirmed that his advisory body whose main task is to grant the professional card For Artists, the first digital professional cards for artists will be distributed today, on the occasion of the National Artist Day.