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Camus’ Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times

Sunday, November 7, marks what would have been the 108th birthday of Nobel Prize winner, Albert Camus. During World War II, Camus joined the French Resistance, a movement dedicated to overthrowing the Germans. Camus lent his genius to the clandestine effort by working as a journalist and underground newspaper editor.…
Evacuating Kabul: French Ambassador Narrowly Escapes, Fears Future

Since last month’s calamitous evacuation from Kabul, I’ve wondered what happened to the French journalists, NGOs, citizens, members of the military, and diplomatic corps that were stationed there. This week I came across an eye-opening interview with the French ambassador to Afghanistan, David Martinon, printed in Le Monde. Rather than…
War in Afghanistan, Life of the Combat Soldier
My Mother’s Perspective on Citizenship When She Was My Daughters’ Age
The Battle Of Algiers, Cinematic Portrait Of The Algerian Revolution

This week I re-watched an unforgettable film that I discovered in 2013 while writing a paper on Algeria. La Bataille d’Alger, released in 1966 and banned in France for more than 5 years, is a remarkable movie, by Italian journalist and filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo. The screenplay, written by Yacef Saâdi,…
The Miseries of War Part 2, Crimes of a Nascent State
Battle for Ukraine, Through the Eyes of French Editorial Cartoonists
Camus’ Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times

Sunday, November 7, marks what would have been the 108th birthday of Nobel Prize winner, Albert Camus. During World War II, Camus joined the French Resistance, a movement dedicated to overthrowing the Germans. Camus lent his genius to the clandestine effort by working as a journalist and underground newspaper editor.…
Evacuating Kabul: French Ambassador Narrowly Escapes, Fears Future

Since last month’s calamitous evacuation from Kabul, I’ve wondered what happened to the French journalists, NGOs, citizens, members of the military, and diplomatic corps that were stationed there. This week I came across an eye-opening interview with the French ambassador to Afghanistan, David Martinon, printed in Le Monde. Rather than…
War in Afghanistan, Life of the Combat Soldier
My Mother’s Perspective on Citizenship When She Was My Daughters’ Age
The Battle Of Algiers, Cinematic Portrait Of The Algerian Revolution

This week I re-watched an unforgettable film that I discovered in 2013 while writing a paper on Algeria. La Bataille d’Alger, released in 1966 and banned in France for more than 5 years, is a remarkable movie, by Italian journalist and filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo. The screenplay, written by Yacef Saâdi,…