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Robert Zaretsky

Contributing Writer

Robert Zaretsky teaches courses in modern European intellectual and cultural history at the Honors College of The University of Houston. He is the author of several books, including Albert Camus: Elements of a Life (Cornell University Press, 2010) and Camus: A Life Worth Living (Harvard University Press, 2013.) He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, Jewish Daily Forward, Los Angeles Review of Books and Chronicle of Higher Education.

What is Islam's true place in France?
A mosque in Marseille, France.
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What is Islam's true place in France?

These hijab-inspired clothes just reignited a major culture war in France
Fashion inspired by religious garb ignites a controversy.
Analysis

These hijab-inspired clothes just reignited a major culture war in France

A pedophilia scandal is engulfing the oldest Catholic institution in France
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin may be at fault.
Analysis

A pedophilia scandal is engulfing the oldest Catholic institution in France