Benjamin Stora (Algeria, 1950) is a professor of Maghreb History at the Institute of Oriental Civilizations and Languages ​​(INALCO) in Paris and at the University of Paris 13 – Villetaneuse. He is also the founder of the Maghreb-Europe Institute, which he has directed since 1991.

He has published more than twenty books, including Messali Hadj: pioneer of Algerian nationalism (2004) Biographic dictionary on algerian militants(1985) Gangrene and oblivion, the memory of the algerian war (1991) The history of colonial Algeria 1830-1954 (1993) Dictionary of books on the war in Algeria (1996) Conscripts in the war in Algeria (1997) The 100 doors of Maghreb (1999) o The three exiles, jews of Algeria (2006)

He has been involved in many television and film projects. He received the 2011 ELLE Readers' Award for his book Algeria 1954-1962: Letters, diaries and accounts from French and Algerians in the war (2010), co-written with Tramor Quemeneur. He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2009 and a Knight of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.