In the early 1980s, Some villages even take the name of the clan itself such as Driving from Boghni (36.542369,3.953723), heading to Ath Smaïl, and following the road of Ath Mendes and then the road of Frikat, one passes the following places: Thala Oulili (36.516231,3.947715), Taghza (36.517693,3.933147), Lemhella (36.517226,3.929172), Tizi N Chreat (36.517764,3.921472), Thiwririne (36.522644,3.914477), Ichemounene (36.515039,3.918961), Lemqessa (36.513539,3.923296), Tizi L Had (36.511828,3.928797), Chebaba (36.508725,3.929585), Issidikene and Ibouhatène (36.506845,3.928576).

However, if after Tizi L Had and continuing straight, one passes by Ibouhatène, Bou-Nouh, L’Merdja (36.498005,3.943554), Axxam N Cheikh (Sidi Abderrahmane, 36.493484,3.942578), Baâli (36.492468,3.939777), Ikaananene (36.489598,3.933982), Ath Telha, and then finishing in Helouane.

During French occupation of Algeria, Bou-Nouh was a commune within the District of Draâ-El Mizan and ahead of the now Daïra of Boghni.

The Turks (Ottoman Empire) set up a Bordj, a few hundred metres from the Lycée Zamoum (close proximity to family Terkmani) in Boghni to collect taxes.

Nowadays, only the large and bulky axial rocks lie on the ground as the flat stones have been broken down and used in the construction of private houses.

There was, however, one remaining structure[7] on the grounds of Cheikh Ben Abderrahmane until 2011 when this one also mysteriously disappeared without a trace, its fate unbeknown to the locals.

Even after his death, his mosque continued to play a massive role in all uprisings and this led to several closures as a form of punishment.

[9] The indomitable Ath Smaïl, who rose against the Turks and French colonisation, played its crucial part in the Algerian war for independence which started in 1954 and lasted until 1962.

After independence, the strong but not so rich Bounouh lost its status of commune and the ever-developing Boghni was promoted in its place.

Based on knowledge from the early 1970s, a large number of the first inhabitants or the people to set up business in Boghni originated mostly from Ath Smaïl such as the families Hadjarab, Abbas, Amrani, Ayad, Béchar, Bouha, Boukhalfa, Chabane, Chemoune, Chergui, Djebbar, Guirad, Hamoudi, Idir, Kaanane, Lamrani, Riche, Semsar, Touah, Zourdani, etc.

There was only a tiny influx from neighbouring Mechtras and Ouadhias which were already benefiting from good infrastructure in terms of land, roads and water.

Other families which settled in Algiers and in other parts of Algeria are Aissani, Lakrimi, Saâdi, Amrioui (Tizi L Had) and Ziani (Ibouhaténe).

The Catholics established a College of Further Education (Centre de Formation Professionnelle) in Boghni where the first 20 technicians to be employed by Sonatrach when it opened the Arzew oil refinery (near Oran) were formed[11] included pupils from Ath Smail.

It was only in 1985 following a new administrative landscape that Bounouh was granted its title of commune again[12] and tied to the much prosperous and developed Boghni which had already been elevated to the status of Daïra (District).

Despite its glorious past and harbouring several wealthy families, people from Ath Smaïl never sought to invest locally and Bou-nouh is actually a poor town.

Its entrepreneurial citizen preferred to invest and set up their commercial ventures and industries outside Ath Smaïl, namely in Boghni and as far afield as Algiers.

In truth, the landscape, road networks and lack of electricity, water and telephone were not conducive to a business and entrepreneurial environment.

Due to be inaugurated in November 2012, the valve has remained shamefully and indeterminately closed because villages not yet connected to the gas supply objected.

As far as trees are concerned, olives yield the largest revenue in Ath Smaïl followed by dried figs and acorns.

People also raise chicken and sometimes sheep or cows to help supplement the family income by selling a lamb or a calf every year.

Bounouh have just commissioned a second middle school,[14] two health clinics at Helouane and Ath Telha, and the library named after Farid Ali, premises for the unemployed, cooking gas, and a highly performing football team, The IRBB (Itihad Ryadhi Baladiat Bounouh), to foster the fantastic local talent.

It is for this reason that the town has tabled a proposal for a high secondary school to share with the neighbouring commune of Frikat, etc.

During French colonisation, good pupils from Ath Smaïl achieved an excellent and envious Certificat d’Etudes Primaires (aged 12 to 13) and stopped education (mostly due to family pressure and lack of means to pursue their studies).

Given the lack of employment, people feel compelled to emigrate outside the region and look for work in other parts of Algeria and even abroad.

Women decorate their own designs ;[15] they exploit several kinds of clay which they steal from open fields, usually on the day of the market which men attend in Boghni on Sundays.

Women are very entrepreneurial; they make soap using spent cooking oil and marinate olives, tomatoes and peppers.

Nowadays there is a monument in Bou-Nouh celebrating from right to left Moh Said U Belaid, Farid Ali alongside Lounes Matoub.

It was customary for the Ath Smaïl to vow on a lewli yebdan ghef sin (literally: the Saint who split in two), in reference to this mysterious doubling of the tomb.

Today, the two zaouïas of Bou-Nouh and Algiers which carry his name continue to draw visitors from all corners of Algeria, especially at religious festivals.

[19] He learned the figh under Cheikh Mohamed Salem El Hafnaoui who sent him to India and Sudan to teach the Koran and the Sunna.