Death of Algerian Sports Commentator Habib Ben Ali

On Monday, Algerian media figure Habib Ben Ali, a former sports commentator for Algerian public television and the "beIN Sports" network, passed away, according to the Algerian newspaper "Echorouk." Habib Ben Ali rose to fame in Algerian public television when he commented on major matches of the "Greens," such as the games against Real Madrid in May 1982 and Brazil in the 1986 Mexico World Cup. He also hosted the famous shows "Numbers and Comments" and "World Stadiums" (in their first editions in 1991), before moving to work in the Gulf with the "beIN Sports" network. Habib Ben Ali was known for his eloquence and fluid, spontaneous Arabic pronunciation, and he was characterized by a sense of "discipline" that opposed populism, triviality, and buffoonery, both in commentary and program presentation.