From Wikipedia: Tahar Djaout was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group because of his support of secularism and opposition to what he considered fanaticism. He was attacked on May 26, 1993, as he was leaving his home in Bainem, Algeria. He died on June 2, after lying in a coma for a week. One of his attackers professed that he was murdered because he "wielded a fearsome pen that could have an effect on Islamic sectors." He was born in Azeffoun, in the relatively secular Kabylie region. After his death the BBC made a documentary about him entitled 'Shooting the Writer', introduced by Salman Rushdie.
Fredericus Joannes Antonius Maria "Fik" Meijer is a Dutch historian and author. He studied classics and ancient history at Leiden University and graduated in 1973. Meijer is an emeritus professor of ancient history at the University of Amsterdam.
He has written numerous non-fiction books on the ancient world for a broad audience, a number of which have been translated into multiple languages. He has also published several translations of classic works into Dutch.
