[2] Trained in classical Western theater, Saddiki also embraced traditional Moroccan theatrical styles, fusing the two into a path-breaking combination of Western and traditional Moroccan theater.

Known for staging spectacles played to large crowds in big arenas, Saddiki developed a style of festive theater that became a popular in the Arab world.

[3] From a family of scholars, he was born in Essaouira and grew up in Casablanca.

After training courses with André Voisin, at the age of 17 he went abroad to France to study theater at Comédie de l'Ouest - CDO, directed by Hubert Gignoux.

At 23, he became artistic director of the Mohamed V theater (théâtre national Mohammed-V).