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writing about Algeria is an endless discovery of a history I was never taught.

— Marnia Lazreg

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I focus on academic work during the day, but at night, I seek something different. The classics aim to capture something universal while addressing the specific and local. They connect with themes that transcend boundaries.

It prompts me to reflect on what defines a human being and how we safeguard the essential humanity within each of us. A democratic nation is constantly at risk of reverting to torture, as it represents a source of unchecked and limitless power.

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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.

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History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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