Mohand Arav Bessaoud (24 December 1924 in Taguemount El Djedid, Algeria – 1 January 2002 in Newport) was a Kabyle Algerian writer and activist.
[1] Mohand Arav was part, as soon as 1963, of the early movement that led to the rise of the National Liberation Front.
[1] More precisely, he wrote explicitly how Ramdane Abbane (one of the historic leaders of the Algerian movement) was murdered by Abdelhafid Boussouf, and not killed in combat.
Along with individuals including Taos Amrouche, Mohammed Arkoun, Abdelkader Rahmani, Mohand Saïd Hanouz, he cofounded the Academie Berbere in Paris in 1966.
[3][4] In 1978, following diplomatic pressure from Algeria, France asked Mohand Arav to leave the country.