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Patrick Bruel back in Tlemcen, his hometown in Algeria

2023-02-01T14:53:52.163Z


INFO LE FIGARO – The performer, born in Algeria in 1959, arrived this Wednesday, February 1 in Algeria. After a visit to Tlemcen, the city of his childhood, he will visit Algiers.


“The plane will land soon, you hide your tears in a smile.

How old was I

?

Barely three years.

And here we are both in Tlemcen

.

I come back,

song appearing on his last album,

Again

, released in November 2022 was premonitory.

Patrick Bruel arrived this Wednesday, February 1 in Algeria, "

where he left a piece of hidden heart

 " for five days with his mother, Augusta.

Both are going to visit their native land, Tlemcen, in western Algeria.

This is where the performer with millions of records sold and multiple awards, also an actor and a great poker player, was born on May 14, 1959. Patrick Bruel, who is still called Patrick Benguigui, will only stay there for three years.

While I was writing this song (Je reviens), I received a phone call informing me that the Algerian authorities wanted me to come back to Algeria and what is more with my mother.

It was a sign for me

Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel.

In 1962, when Algeria gained independence, he moved with his mother to Argenteuil, in the suburbs of Paris.

Until today, Patrick Bruel had never returned to Algeria.

In November 2022, he testified on RTL: “

While I was writing this song (Je reviens), I received a phone call informing me that the Algerian authorities wanted me to come back to Algeria and what is more with my mother. .

It was a sign for me.

So we are preparing this trip that I fantasized about, that I imagined.

I hope to make it real in the coming weeks.

French, Jews, Berbers.

It's beautiful

.

»

Read alsoTravel to Algeria in the footsteps of the Tuaregs, guardians of prehistory

During a meeting with readers of Le

Parisien

in November 2022, Patrick Bruel said that parents and grandparents had always raised him "

in love for Algeria, without words of hatred or revenge

concerning his country .

of birth

”.

After the visit to Tlemcen, which will notably include a return to the neighborhood and the school of his childhood, Patrick Bruel will come to visit Algiers.

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Source: lefigaro

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