Mohamed Larbi Zitout ( ar, محمد العربي زيتوت), is an Algerian political commentator and former diplomat, born on 29 July 1963 in

Laghouat Laghouat ( ar, الأغواط; en, Laghwat) is the capital of the Laghouat Province, Algeria, south of the Algerian capital Algiers. Located in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas, the town is an oasis on the north edge of the Sahara Dese ...

, Algeria.

Biography

After graduating from the in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

and obtaining a master's degree in International Relations, he pursued a career in diplomacy. By 1995, he was a civil servant in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

. In 1995, however - three years into the

Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Is ...

- he resigned from his position and emigrated to the

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He has been interviewed or appeared commentator in a number of newspapers and broadcast media, such as the

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and

Al-Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

, and has contributed chapters to ''An Inquiry into the Algerian Massacres'' ("Les Régimes Arabes et le Conflit Algérien", p. 847) and '' Quelle réconciliation pour l'Algérie?'' ("La reconciliation passe par réhabilitation des victimes, de la nation et de l'Etat", p. 121.) He is a founding member of Justitia Universalis,Justitia Universalis: Membres fondateurs
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References

External links

Newspaper archive about Mohamed Zitout

Mohamed Larbi Zitout official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zitout, Mohamed Larbi 1963 births Living people Algerian activists Algerian diplomats Algerian dissidents Ambassadors of Algeria to Libya Algerian emigrants to the United Kingdom People of the 2010–2012 Algerian protests