A journalist like no other.

Rouleau took the opportunity of the banquet in his honour when he arrived in Cairo to warn his hosts that they might not like what he would write; his independence was his key. In the wake of Algeria's independence and subsequent good relations with De Gaulle's France, Nasser aspired to open the same geopolitical route for Egypt. Rouleau's energy, intelligence, charm, charisma, multilingual and multicultural background - coupled with the power and prestige of I Le Monde i - would make him a valued interlocutor for powerful men. [Extracted from the article]