Aïssat Idir was born on June 11, 1915, in Djamaâ Saharidj, in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, where he studied.

He went to Tunisia to live with his uncle in 1935, returning to take an exam at Ateliers industriels de l’air, an aéronautique group in 1939[1] in 1950/51 he was suspected to be part of the Special Organization after a factory had gone on strike.

[1][2] From 1949 to 1954 Aïssat Idir was member of an unknown Syndicalist group affiliated with the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties[2] then he chose to support the FLN during the Algerian War.

[8] and the General Union of Algerian Workers is closed by French authorities the same day he got arrested.

French colonial administration denied torturing Aïssat Idir, and claimed that he had accidentally burnt his bed, after falling asleep while smoking.