Book Event: Algiers, Third World Capital – Elaine Mokhtefi in conversation with Adam Shatz
La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York CityA child of the Great Depression, Elaine Mokhtefi left the United States in the early 1950s. She was on the run from McCarthyism and from the provincialism she'd encountered as a student in segregated Georgia. After time in Paris, she moved to Algiers which, following independence in 1962, has become a beacon and safe haven for radicals all around the…