The Algerian historian Mohammed Harbi in February 2005 in Paris. Archive photo Boyan Topaloff/AFP 637bac30a83c3d4d8e9413cfd862306fe8ed6c498f94c6fdbdb90f66645cec76_188084
“The death of Mohammed Harbi is a great loss for Algeria and the Arab world because he was an actor and a clear-sighted witness of Algerian nationalism and the war for independence,” said Benjamin Stora, one of the country’s leading experts.Harbi, a militant for the Algerian cause, died on Jan. 1 at age 92 in Paris. He had been unable to see his native country for nearly 20 years after fleeing in 1973 following torture by henchmen of Houari Boumediene. He stood out for his ability to combine physical courage — by participating in the Algerian revolution against French colonialism — with intellectual boldness, daring to deconstruct the official ideology established by the National Liberation Front (FLN).A rigorous and highly principled historian, Harbi was first a leader of the FLN’s France Federation between 1954 and 1958. He later...
“The death of Mohammed Harbi is a great loss for Algeria and the Arab world because he was an actor and a clear-sighted witness of Algerian nationalism and the war for independence,” said Benjamin Stora, one of the country’s leading experts.Harbi, a militant for the Algerian cause, died on Jan. 1 at age 92 in Paris. He had been unable to see his native country for nearly 20 years after fleeing in 1973 following torture by henchmen of Houari Boumediene. He stood out for his ability to combine physical courage — by participating in the Algerian revolution against French colonialism — with intellectual boldness, daring to deconstruct the official ideology established by the National Liberation Front (FLN).A rigorous and highly principled historian, Harbi was first a leader of the FLN’s France Federation between 1954 and 1958. He...
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