In 1956 he was targeted by an attack by a Pied-Noir extremist group, during the Algerian war for independence. Traumatized, this attack took him away from the scenes for almost two years; and he left Algeria for France. However, his stay there would be short-lived because of a very important task. In fact, in early 1958, the FLN invited him to join Mohamed Bouzidi H'ssissen, Boualem Rais, Sid Ali Kouiret, Saâdaoui and other artists to form theatrical troupe able to make Algeria famous worldwide and to promote the struggle of the Algerian people freedom.