Nadir Dendoune Explained

Nadir Dendoun
Birth Date:7 October 1972
Birth Place:Saint-Denis
Citizenship:Algeria, France, Australia
Occupation:writer, journalist

Nadir Dendoun (Arabic: نذير دندون) is a French-Algerian writer/journalist born on 7 October 1972 in Saint-Denis, France. He is the author of "A Loser on Top of the World", (French: Un tocard sur le toit du monde) 2010, which was adapted to the cinema in the film The Climb (French: L'Ascension), starring Ahmed Sylla.

Nadhir Dendoun holds French, Algerian and Australian citizenships.

Career

Dendoun was born in Saint-Denis in 1972 to Algerian parents.[1] His father, Mohand Dendoune, arrived in France in 1950, and he settled there in 1957 permanently with his wife Messaouda and their two daughters. In Seine-Saint-Denis, the family first lived in a slum, before moving to social housing in Maurice-Thorez in 1968.

On 25 May 2008, Dendoun was able to reach the summit of Mount Everest, without any experience in mountaineering, and at the same time, he became the first French Algerian to reach the summit of Everest. His journey was narrated in a book that was adapted for the cinema in 2017, and the starring role was played by Ahmed Sylla.[2]

In his autobiographical book "Our dreams are for the poor", (Original title: Nos rêves de pauvres) 2017, he puts his parents, whom he honors, at his story. A picture of his father adjusting his tie is on the cover of the book.

In 2018, he directed a documentary, "Figs in April" (French: Des figues en Avril), to honor his eighty-year-old mother, Messaouda Dendoune,[3] in exile. She's been learning to live on her own since her sick husband who died in 2019 was placed in an elderly home. The documentary's title refers to his mother's astonishment to see figs growing in April in Australia. After watching this documentary, Director Maïwenn offered Messaouda Dendoune to participate in her 2020 film DNA (French: ADN).

His activities

His first adventure was his travel to Australia in 1993, and he roamed the entire area on a distance of 3000 kilometers by bicycle for a period of three months. His admiration for this country led him to return the following year and settle in Sydney until 2001, where he obtained Australian citizenship. He concluded his stay with a trip around the world on a bicycle with financial and advertising coverage from the Australian Red Cross to promote global efforts to combat AIDS.[4]

In March 2003, he went down in Iraq to serve as a human shield to protect a water treatment plant in Baghdad in the face of threats from the international coalition forces.[5] On 23 January 2013, he was arrested and taken to Baghdad Central Prison by the Iraqi authorities, while he was taking a picture of the water treatment plants south of Baghdad, on a press mission for the newspaper Le Monde diplomatique.[6] [7] On 14 February 2013, after 23 days in prison, he was released in exchange for financial bail,[8] and he recorded the events of that adventure in a book entitled "A Peaceful Man's War Diary" (French: Journal de guerre d'un pacifiste).

Dendoun is known for his struggle for the Palestinian cause, on 24 September 2012, Dendoun provoked reactions in the French media after he was a guest on the "Le Grand Journal" program, on Canal+ Channel, and he showed up in a T-shirt with word "Palestine,"[9] a word that didn't appear throughout the program, as the director and photographers of the program avoided showing him in a complete picture. And his appearance was limited to the upper part only using zoom technology, which Dendoun considered that he was a victim of channel censorship.[10] [11]

On 25 March 2008, he was the first Algerian to reach Mount Everest and hang his country's flag on it. He also carried a number 93, a reference to the french department of Seine-Saint-Denis where he was born and commonly associated with immigration from north and sub Saharan Africa and with high crime rate.[12]

His works

Books

Films

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meddi. Adlène. 2018-02-28. Nadir Dendoune : " Il fallait mettre à l'écran ce témoignage rare ". 2021-11-21. Le Point. fr. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171139/https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/nadir-dendoune-il-fallait-mettre-a-l-ecran-ce-temoignage-rare-28-02-2018-2198629_3.php. live.
  2. Web site: Nadir Dendoune : Des cités aux cimes. 2021-11-21. Seine-Saint-Denis – Le magazine. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171139/http://lemag.seinesaintdenis.fr/Nadir-Dendoune-Des-cites-aux-cimes. live.
  3. Web site: film-documentaire.fr – Portail du film documentaire. 2021-11-21. www.film-documentaire.fr. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171138/http://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_fiche_film/51654_1. live.
  4. Web site: 2021-06-06. نذير دندون .. وضع علم الجزائر على سقف العالم – عالم واحد – عواصم – البيان. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606040302/https://www.albayan.ae/one-world/correspondents-suitcase/2011-01-29-1.1005621. 6 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Nadir Dendoune, journaliste, et prisonnier à Bagdad. 2021-11-21. www.20minutes.fr. fr. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171138/https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1089661-20130129-nadir-dendoune-journaliste-prisonnier-a-bagdad. live.
  6. Web site: 2013-11-24. الإفراج عن الصحافي الفرانكو جزائري نذير دندون بعد 23 يوما سجنا في العراق – العراق – فرنسا – فرانس 24 – مونت كارلو الدولية. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20131124233500/http://www.france24.com:80/ar/20130214-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88-%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-23-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82. 24 November 2013.
  7. Web site: 2013-01-30. Liberté pour Nadir Dendoune !. 2021-11-21. Le Monde diplomatique. fr. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171140/https://blog.mondediplo.net/2013-01-30-Liberte-pour-Nadir-Dendoune. live.
  8. Web site: 2021-06-06. وضع لا يطاق نذير دندون مجبَرٌ على البقاء في العراق منذ 15 يوماً RSF. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606031818/https://rsf.org/ar/news/-0. 6 June 2021.
  9. Web site: 2018-07-25. جريدة الأخبار. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180725005138/https://al-akhbar.com/Media_Tv/45717. 25 July 2018.
  10. Web site: 2021-06-06. منتديات ستار تايمز. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606042600/https://www.startimes.com/?t=31419602. 6 June 2021.
  11. Web site: J'étais au "Grand Journal" de Canal Plus : mon t-shirt Palestine, trop gênant ? – le Plus. 2021-11-21. leplus.nouvelobs.com. fr. 21 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121171140/https://leplus.nouvelobs.com/contribution/632925-j-etais-au-grand-journal-de-canal-plus-mon-t-shirt-palestine-trop-genant.html. live.
  12. Web site: N° 1014 – Rapport d'information de MM. François Cornut-Gentille et Rodrigue Kokouendo déposé en application de l'article 146-3 du règlement, par le comité d'évaluation et de contrôle des politiques publiques sur l'évaluation de l'action de l'État dans l'exercice de ses missions régaliennes en Seine-Saint-Denis. www.assemblee-nationale.fr. 2018-07-08.
  13. Web site: 2021-01-26. L'AFFAIRE SALAH HAMOURI – Cinemeteque. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126235234/http://www.cinemeteque.com/film/laffaire-salah-hamouri/. 26 January 2021.
  14. Web site: 2021-06-06. Des figues en avril (2018) – IMDb. IMDb. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606040502/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8176282/?ref_=nm_knf_i1. 6 June 2021.

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