Arthur Asseraf

is an Examination Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University, and a historian whose interests include colonial Algeria.

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Algerian men reading newspapers

Claiming free speech as a “Republican”, “French” or “western” value by conjuring a mythical pantheon of canonical Enlightenment figures will not help us build more inclusive societies. So says Arthur Asseraf, in reconsidering France’s track record as a beacon of press freedom.