Ahmed Tewfik El Madani
Ahmed Tewfik El Madani was an Algerian nationalist leader during the Algerian War of Independence, and a minister of the GPRA, a provisional exile government of the Front de libération nationale. He belonged to the Association of the Ulema, an Islamic organization that formed a main pillar of the nationalist movement. After the war, he became minister of religious affairs an acclaimed historian.
Ahmed El Madani produced extensive historical writings in Arabic celebrating the Muslim and Arab ancestors of Algeria.
