[1] Alloula was born in Ghazaouet in western Algeria.
He joined the Algerian National Theatre upon its creation in 1963 following independence.
His works, typically in vernacular Algerian Arabic, included: He was working on an Arabic version of Tartuffe when he was shot by two members of FIDA (Islamic Front for Armed Jihad) during Ramadan on March 10, 1994, as he left his house in Oran.
He was transferred to a hospital in Paris, where he died four days later.
His brother, Malek Alloula, is also a noted Algerian writer.