Middle-class Muslims fuel French halal boom
Retailers and restaurants cash in on rapidly expanding and highly profitable market in halal food and drinks
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Thierry Sinda: The Spring of the Poets of the Africas and Elsewhere
Thierry Sinda, man of letters, fascinating and passionate artist, opens the doors of his universe where nostalgia and fighting spirit are often interwoven.
Read moreChristophe Adji-Ahoudian: an active youngster of the nineteenth district
“If we want to improve our fight, it is necessary to be involved in all the sectors of the society”
Read moreWhen the youngsters of the “districts” enter politics
The experiences of Rashida Dati, Rama Yade or again Fadela Amara have become kind of examples of “ethnic minority success stories” in French politics.
Read moreWhen banking and finance show the path towards Multiculturalism
There is no doubt today that France seems at last to be more open for a debate on Islamic business and banking; however …
Read moreThe pariahs of the French universities
In such conditions the part time temporary lecturers may sometimes be tempted in a disarray to have just one objective: accumulating teaching hours; putting good teaching at stake for the sake of money.
Read moreWhen racism appears on your screen
As a relief I am just telling myself: “Let’s hope, just for once, that the movie will be largely boycotted by the Black Diaspora worldwide!”
Read moreImmigrants’ voting rights: the debate is still raging
On Tuesday the 12th of January 2010, the Socialist party whose head is Martine Aubry submitted a bill to the National Assembly to enable immigrants to vote during the next local elections.
Read moreOUTSIDE THE HEXAGON: The fault line in Haiti runs straight to France
The earthquake’s destruction has been aggravated not by a pact with the Devil, but by the crippling legacy of imperialism
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article6995750.ece
OUTSIDE THE HEXAGON: “Frightening Europe; the case of Italy”
Italian town where a White Christmas is a police matter
• John Hooper in Coccaglio, guardian.co.uk, Sunday 20 December 2009 21.01 GMT