Fodil Mezali
Fodil Mezali () (born in Thénia on 23 April 1959) is an Algerian journalist, editor-in-chief and managing editor. Early life. Mezali was born in 1959 in the town of Thénia in the lower Kabylia region of Algeria, east of the Khachna Massif and south-east of the town of Boumerdès. After primary and intermediate studies in Thénia, Mezali continued his secondary education at a high school in Algiers, where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1979, and then pursued studies in journalism at the University of Algiers. Section::::"Alger républicain". Mezali began his professional career as a journalist in  the "Alger républicain" newspaper in July 1989. Among his colleagues were Saïd Mekbel and Mohamed Benchicou. The newspaper ceased publication in December 1994. Section::::"Le Matin". Mezali founded the newspaper "Le Matin" in 1991 as the editor-in-chief with Saïd Mekbal and Mohamed Benchicou, while remaining a contributor of columns to the Algiers Republican. Mezali left this daily when he was suspended on 26 July 2004 for non-payment of debts, and after its director, Mohamed Benchicou was imprisoned on 14 June 2004 for having written a pamphlet book on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika which he titled "Bouteflika, an Algerian Sham  (). Section::::Le Quotidien d'Algérie". After the bankruptcy and closure of the newspaper "Le Matin", Mezali contributed articles to several Algerian press titles from 2005 until 2012, such as "Le Quotidien d'Algérie". Section::::"La Cité". Mezali waited seven years after the newspaper "Le Matin"'s dissolution before returning to the Algerian journalistic scene by publishing, as a managing editor, a daily newspaper entitled" La Cité", which published its first issue on 21 April 2013. It chose as its maxim on the editorial line, "The newspaper of a camp and not of a clan" (). Section::::"Tighremt". Mezali launched another publication with an experimental edition of  the Kabyle-language newspaper "Tighremt" on 22 February 2020. Having directed the French-language daily "La Cité" since 2012, he wanted to launch his Berber-speaking corollary "Tighremt", whose first number was published on 29 February 2020. Mezali handpicked for proven language skills in "Tighremt"'s editorial team, made up primarily of Tamazight teachers. He commissioned a pair of seasoned specialists in the field, Djamel Ikhloufi and Yacine Zidane, to lead this press title. This Berber-speaking title comes from a bi-weekly and then weekly notebook inserted in the daily "La Cité" since 2015 for 550 issues. Fodil Mezali