From Fidel Castro to Ho Chi Minh, Elaine Mokhtefi has met some of the most important socialist revolutionaries of the 20th century. Born to a Jewish family in Hampstead, New York, in 1928, she suffered from the antisemitism of the era and soon nurtured an interest in progressive politics. At the age of 16, she was accepted at Wesleyan College in Georgia. Yet, after a year at the Christian school, she was expelled over her objection to the segregationist policies of the era. She was involved in various peace and justice movements on the eve of World War II and, after the war, settled in France to work as a translator for various political groups. By 1960, she was part of a small group that lobbied the United Nations on behalf of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN).
A rebel and freedom fighter, Elaine Mokhtefi translates their remarkable life in her husband’s memoir
A rebel and freedom fighter, Elaine Mokhtefi translates their remarkable life in her husband’s memoir
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