For anyone living in Paris, the Algerian war was inescapabl… - Elaine Mokhtefi

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For anyone living in Paris, the Algerian war was inescapable.

Elaine Mokhtefi

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Elaine Mokhtefi (born in 1928) is an American and Algerian activist, translator, and writer. Born and raised in New York, Mokhtefi began working as a translator for anti-racist and anti-colonial activist movements after moving to Paris in her twenties. She supported Algerian independence efforts, then lived in Algeria from 1962 until she was forced to leave the country in 1974.

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