He was born on the 15 December 1910 in the village of Sidi Okba in the Biskra Province. He started his education at al-kuttab at an early age like all Algerians at the time. Then, he attended elementary school. Upon successful completion of his elementary education, his father sent him to Skikda to continue his studies in a private school in 1928. As a result of the French policy that did not allow Algerians to continue their education, Huhu could not finish high school, therefore, he went back to the South and started working as a telegraph for Sidi Okba post office. And that is what made him learn more about life, as he noticed the difference between two different environments: a rural desert environment and an urban one.