He studied first in Oran later in Algiers and graduated as PhD at Algiers University with a research about Massinissa, called Aux origines de la Berbérie (To the origins of the Berbers).
The Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni described Guermah as a "twenty-six year old delinquent." In response to the Interior Minister's statement, Massinissa's parents sent the national press a school report stating that the Massinissa was indeed an eighteen year old school student.