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A big freeze in Franco-Algerian relations as domestic politics drive international diplomacy. France is full of dinosaur bones, but short on paleongolotists to dig them up. And France's law decriminalising abortion turns 50. The often fraught relations between France and its former colony Algeria have hit an all-time low after a series of disagreements over Western Sahara, the detention of a French-Algerian writer and a French-Algerian blogger accused of inciting violence. Both countries have spoken of "humiliation" and "dishonour". Arab world specialist  Adlene Mohammedi talks about bilateral relations being polluted by internal affairs – notably Algiers' lack of democratic legitimacy and the increasing influence of the far right in France. And while the sorely needed level-headed diplomacy  is more needed than ever, it's been run down in both countries.   (Listen @2'05'')France's remarkable geological diversity means the country is prime dinosaur territory – home to fossils from all three periods of the dinosaur age.  The first dinosaurs were discovered in France in the 19th century, but as paleontologist Eric Buffetaut explains, many of the major finds have been in the last 40 years, thanks to amateur paleontologists around the country. (Listen @21'25'')France enacted a law decriminalising abortion on 17 January 1975. Ollia Horton talks about the legacy of that right and how despite being  enshrined in the constitution, access 50 years later is still not guaranteed. (Listen @14'40")Episode mixed by Cecile Pompeani. Spotlight on France is a podcast from Radio France International. Find us on rfienglish.com, Apple podcasts (link here), Spotify (link here) or your favourite podcast app (pod.link/1573769878).

French-Algerian-Palestinian actress and filmmaker Lina Soualem has spent the past few artistically productive years co-writing a TV series (“Oussekine”, 2020) as well as directing the celebrated films “Their Algeria” (2020), about her French-Algerian grandparents and their fraught relationship with their homeland, and “Bye Bye Tiberias” (2023), about her mother, the celebrated Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass, and the women of her family who stayed in their village in the Lower Galilee despite the effects of war, occupation, and erasure. After premiering at the Venice Film Festival and having a successful distribution run arund the world, her film was nominated to represent Palestine at the Academy Awards in 2024. But Soualem was at the 77th Locarno Film Festival not primarily as a filmmaker but as a judge: she sat on the jury deciding the Swatch and MUBI First Feature Awards. While she was in Locarno, we took the opportunity to sit down with Soualem on Locarno Meets to speak about how exactly she approached the work of navigating the complex relations of family, displacement, emigration, grief, and – yes – making films.

This winter marks six years since Jennifer Porter and her family survived the deadly Camp Fire, a disaster that claimed 85 lives and burned over 150,000 acres. While Porter was lucky enough to drive through the flames that day, the fire set her on a new, harrowing path: building a new life for herself while healing from trauma. KQED's Pauline Bartolone checked in with Porter along various stages of her recovery –a journey that continues every day.  Then, we head south to the Still Life Cafe, a French kitchen with North African roots in the Eastern Sierra. The cafe's many five-star reviews warn customers in a rush: come for a leisurely lunch, or hit the gas station across the street. As part of her series California Foodways, reporter Lisa Morehouse traveled to the town of Independence, to break bread with Malika Adjaouad Patron, the cafe's owner and chef. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich and developing countries alike have criticised the draft climate agreement at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, which has now gone into overtime as wrangling continues. Newshour hears from Johan Rockstrom, Director of the Postsdam Climate Institute.Also in the programme: The disappearance of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal; and sinkholes in China.(Picture: The venue of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 22, 2024. Credit: Reuters)

Liberty Dispatch ~ November 14, 2024In this episode of Liberty Dispatch, hosts Andrew DeBartolo and Matthew Hallick recap Donald Trumps HUGE electoral victory as they lament the disaster that is Canada under the wildly inept Trudeau Regime. Segment 1 - Medical News Brief“Canadian man euthanized after COVID shot injuries” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-man-euthanized-after-covid-shot-injuries; “WHO Director Tedros calls for more aggressive action against COVID shot critics” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/who-director-tedros-calls-for-more-aggressive-action-against-covid-shot-critics;“Doctor withholds results of puberty blocker study for politics” | Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/doctor-withholds-results-of-puberty-blocker-study-for-politics.html;“Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has XY chromosomes and testicles, French-Algerian medical report admits” | Reduxx: https://reduxx.info/algerian-boxer-imane-khelif-has-xy-chromosomes-and-testicles-french-algerian-medical-report-admits;“Canadian doctors express guilt over euthanizing patients for just being poor or fat” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-doctors-express-guilt-over-euthanizing-patients-for-just-being-poor-or-fat?utm_content=;“Euthanasia ethics debated as Canada considers non-terminal, non-fatal cases” | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/euthanasia-ethics-canada-doctors-nonterminal-nonfatal-cases-dfe59b1786592e31d9eb3b826c5175d1;“Canadian doctors give Nova Scotia woman information about euthanasia as she faces surgery to remove breast cancer” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-doctors-give-nova-scotia-woman-information-about-euthanasia-as-she-faces-surgery-to-remove-breast-cancer?utm_content=;“Canadian grandmother repeatedly offered euthanasia while undergoing cancer treatment” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-grandmother-repeatedly-offered-euthanasia-while-undergoing-cancer-treatment;“Liberals advanced MAiD requests” | National Post: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberals-advanced-maid-requests;“3 million Canadians waiting for basic care as health system crisis continues” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/3-million-canadians-waiting-for-basic-care-as-health-system-crisis-continues;“Ontario to ban international students from its medical schools by 2026” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/ontario-to-ban-international-students-from-its-medical-schools-by-2026?utm_content=;Segment 2 - MAGA 2.0 - Donald Trump is the President ElectDaily Wire Election Coverage | Daily Wire: https://election.dailywire.com;“Canadians overwhelmingly back Kamala for U.S. President: Poll” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadians-overwhelmingly-back-kamala-for-us-president-poll;“Donald Trump unveils immigration plan focused on Canada-U.S. border security” | Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/10856588/donald-trump-immigration-canada-border-plan; Segment 3 - Canada Still Has Trudeau"Liberal caucus in revolt against Trudeau as MPs circulate petition for him to resign: report” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/liberal-caucus-in-revolt-against-trudeau-as-mps-circulating-petition-for-him-to-resign-report?utm_content=;"Trudeau deals with growing caucus revolt as Liberal MPs sign petition calling for resignation” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-deals-with-growing-caucus-revolt-as-liberal-mps-sign-petition-calling-for-resignation?utm_content=;"Trudeau Puts Pause on Immigration, Says Canada Will Slash Levels to 21 Percent by 2025” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-puts-pause-on-immigration-says-canada-will-slash-levels-to-21-percent-by-2025?utm_content= SUPPORT OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY - Help us defend Canadians' God-given rights and liberties: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/; https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/liberty-defense-fund/our-legal-strategy/;SHOW SPONSORS:Join Red Balloon Today!: https://www.redballoon.work/lcc; Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546; Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/lcc;BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/; Barter It: https://vip.barterit.ca/launch; Carpe Fide - "Seize the Faith": Store: https://carpe-fide.myshopify.com/, use Promo Code LCC10 for 10% off (US Store Only), or shop Canadian @ https://canadacarpefide.myshopify.com/ | Podcast: https://www.carpefide.com/episodes;Get freedom from Censorious CRMs by singing up for SalesNexus: https://www.salesnexus.com/;Ready to own your own business? 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Liberty Dispatch ~ November 14, 2024 In this episode of Liberty Dispatch, hosts Andrew DeBartolo and Matthew Hallick recap Donald Trumps HUGE electoral victory as they lament the disaster that is Canada under the wildly inept Trudeau Regime. Segment 1 - Medical News Brief “Canadian man euthanized after COVID shot injuries” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-man-euthanized-after-covid-shot-injuries; “WHO Director Tedros calls for more aggressive action against COVID shot critics” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/who-director-tedros-calls-for-more-aggressive-action-against-covid-shot-critics; “Doctor withholds results of puberty blocker study for politics” | Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/doctor-withholds-results-of-puberty-blocker-study-for-politics.html; “Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has XY chromosomes and testicles, French-Algerian medical report admits” | Reduxx: https://reduxx.info/algerian-boxer-imane-khelif-has-xy-chromosomes-and-testicles-french-algerian-medical-report-admits; “Canadian doctors express guilt over euthanizing patients for just being poor or fat” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-doctors-express-guilt-over-euthanizing-patients-for-just-being-poor-or-fat?utm_content=; “Euthanasia ethics debated as Canada considers non-terminal, non-fatal cases” | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/euthanasia-ethics-canada-doctors-nonterminal-nonfatal-cases-dfe59b1786592e31d9eb3b826c5175d1; “Canadian doctors give Nova Scotia woman information about euthanasia as she faces surgery to remove breast cancer” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-doctors-give-nova-scotia-woman-information-about-euthanasia-as-she-faces-surgery-to-remove-breast-cancer?utm_content=; “Canadian grandmother repeatedly offered euthanasia while undergoing cancer treatment” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-grandmother-repeatedly-offered-euthanasia-while-undergoing-cancer-treatment; “Liberals advanced MAiD requests” | National Post: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberals-advanced-maid-requests; “3 million Canadians waiting for basic care as health system crisis continues” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/3-million-canadians-waiting-for-basic-care-as-health-system-crisis-continues; “Ontario to ban international students from its medical schools by 2026” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/ontario-to-ban-international-students-from-its-medical-schools-by-2026?utm_content=; Segment 2 - MAGA 2.0 - Donald Trump is the President Elect Daily Wire Election Coverage | Daily Wire: https://election.dailywire.com; “Canadians overwhelmingly back Kamala for U.S. President: Poll” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadians-overwhelmingly-back-kamala-for-us-president-poll; “Donald Trump unveils immigration plan focused on Canada-U.S. border security” | Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/10856588/donald-trump-immigration-canada-border-plan;  Segment 3 - Canada Still Has Trudeau "Liberal caucus in revolt against Trudeau as MPs circulate petition for him to resign: report” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/liberal-caucus-in-revolt-against-trudeau-as-mps-circulating-petition-for-him-to-resign-report?utm_content=; "Trudeau deals with growing caucus revolt as Liberal MPs sign petition calling for resignation” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-deals-with-growing-caucus-revolt-as-liberal-mps-sign-petition-calling-for-resignation?utm_content=; "Trudeau Puts Pause on Immigration, Says Canada Will Slash Levels to 21 Percent by 2025” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-puts-pause-on-immigration-says-canada-will-slash-levels-to-21-percent-by-2025?utm_content=  SUPPORT OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY - Help us defend Canadians' God-given rights and liberties: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/; https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/liberty-defense-fund/our-legal-strategy/; SHOW SPONSORS: Join Red Balloon Today!: https://www.redballoon.work/lcc;  Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546;  Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/lcc; BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/;  Barter It: https://vip.barterit.ca/launch; Carpe Fide - "Seize the Faith": Store: https://carpe-fide.myshopify.com/, use Promo Code LCC10 for 10% off (US Store Only), or shop Canadian @ https://canadacarpefide.myshopify.com/ | Podcast: https://www.carpefide.com/episodes; Get freedom from Censorious CRMs by singing up for SalesNexus: https://www.salesnexus.com/; Ready to own your own business? 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Liberty Dispatch ~ November 14, 2024In this episode of Liberty Dispatch, hosts Andrew DeBartolo and Matthew Hallick recap Donald Trumps HUGE electoral victory as they lament the disaster that is Canada under the wildly inept Trudeau Regime. Segment 1 - Medical News Brief“Canadian man euthanized after COVID shot injuries” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-man-euthanized-after-covid-shot-injuries; “WHO Director Tedros calls for more aggressive action against COVID shot critics” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/who-director-tedros-calls-for-more-aggressive-action-against-covid-shot-critics;“Doctor withholds results of puberty blocker study for politics” | Christian Post: https://www.christianpost.com/news/doctor-withholds-results-of-puberty-blocker-study-for-politics.html;“Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has XY chromosomes and testicles, French-Algerian medical report admits” | Reduxx: https://reduxx.info/algerian-boxer-imane-khelif-has-xy-chromosomes-and-testicles-french-algerian-medical-report-admits;“Canadian doctors express guilt over euthanizing patients for just being poor or fat” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-doctors-express-guilt-over-euthanizing-patients-for-just-being-poor-or-fat?utm_content=;“Euthanasia ethics debated as Canada considers non-terminal, non-fatal cases” | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/euthanasia-ethics-canada-doctors-nonterminal-nonfatal-cases-dfe59b1786592e31d9eb3b826c5175d1;“Canadian doctors give Nova Scotia woman information about euthanasia as she faces surgery to remove breast cancer” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-doctors-give-nova-scotia-woman-information-about-euthanasia-as-she-faces-surgery-to-remove-breast-cancer?utm_content=;“Canadian grandmother repeatedly offered euthanasia while undergoing cancer treatment” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-grandmother-repeatedly-offered-euthanasia-while-undergoing-cancer-treatment;“Liberals advanced MAiD requests” | National Post: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberals-advanced-maid-requests;“3 million Canadians waiting for basic care as health system crisis continues” | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/3-million-canadians-waiting-for-basic-care-as-health-system-crisis-continues;“Ontario to ban international students from its medical schools by 2026” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/ontario-to-ban-international-students-from-its-medical-schools-by-2026?utm_content=;Segment 2 - MAGA 2.0 - Donald Trump is the President ElectDaily Wire Election Coverage | Daily Wire: https://election.dailywire.com;“Canadians overwhelmingly back Kamala for U.S. President: Poll” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/canadians-overwhelmingly-back-kamala-for-us-president-poll;“Donald Trump unveils immigration plan focused on Canada-U.S. border security” | Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/10856588/donald-trump-immigration-canada-border-plan; Segment 3 - Canada Still Has Trudeau"Liberal caucus in revolt against Trudeau as MPs circulate petition for him to resign: report” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/liberal-caucus-in-revolt-against-trudeau-as-mps-circulating-petition-for-him-to-resign-report?utm_content=;"Trudeau deals with growing caucus revolt as Liberal MPs sign petition calling for resignation” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-deals-with-growing-caucus-revolt-as-liberal-mps-sign-petition-calling-for-resignation?utm_content=;"Trudeau Puts Pause on Immigration, Says Canada Will Slash Levels to 21 Percent by 2025” | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-puts-pause-on-immigration-says-canada-will-slash-levels-to-21-percent-by-2025?utm_content= SUPPORT OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY - Help us defend Canadians' God-given rights and liberties: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/; https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/liberty-defense-fund/our-legal-strategy/;SHOW SPONSORS:Join Red Balloon Today!: https://www.redballoon.work/lcc; Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546; Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/lcc;BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/; Barter It: https://vip.barterit.ca/launch; Carpe Fide - "Seize the Faith": Store: https://carpe-fide.myshopify.com/, use Promo Code LCC10 for 10% off (US Store Only), or shop Canadian @ https://canadacarpefide.myshopify.com/ | Podcast: https://www.carpefide.com/episodes;Get freedom from Censorious CRMs by singing up for SalesNexus: https://www.salesnexus.com/;Ready to own your own business? 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The 2024 Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, was awarded Monday to French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud for his novel “Houris” (ed. Gallimard) that looks back at the Algerian Civil War in the 1990s. Executive Director at the American Library in Paris' Audrey Chapuis tells us more.

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It wasn't the swing to the far right many had expected, but President Emmanuel Macron's decision to call a snap election in the wake of the European poll in June doesn't appear to have done his centrist Ensemble group much good. Unexpectedly it was the left leaning New Popular Front that took the most seats - but not enough for an outright majority. So what does this mean for the future of France - both at home and on the global stage?In this edition of the Agenda, Juliet Mann looks at how the result might shape France's future with Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University, Jacques Reland, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute, and Nabila Ramdani, French-Algerian journalist and author of "Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic".

With France's political system making it to mainstream international media, owing to the near success of Le Pen's fascist party, National Rally, this week's Accent of Women focuses on fascism and islamophobia in France.Author, political activist and writer of French-Algerian origin HOURIA BOUTELDJA presents her critique of contemporary leftist thought and activism, undertaken from an anti-colonial perspective. She draws on her direct political experience as the founder and former leader of the Parti des Indigènes de la République movement in France, as well as her longstanding interest in the study of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, summarized in her most recent book, “Whites, Jews and Us: Toward a Politics of Revolutionary Love”.This speech is called Why White Antifascism Is not Enough to Fight Islamophobia?

This week, American Canadian novelist Claire Messud. Throughout her career and in her new book, This Strange Eventful History, one of TIME's most anticipated of 2024, Messud draws on her own family's history, especially that of her French Algerian father. In 2001 she spoke with Eleanor about her novel The Last Life, which traces three generations of a French Algerian family from the perspective of a teenage girl. To conclude the program, Messud reads a chapter from the novel.

In conversation with Laura McGrath, Assistant Professor of English at Temple University ''Among our greatest contemporary writers'' (The Miami Herald), Claire Messud is the author of The Emperor's Children, a cutting portrait of life among Manhattan's junior intelligentsia that was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Her other acclaimed and bestselling novels include When the World Was Steady, The Hunters, The Last Life, The Woman Upstairs, and The Burning Girl. A PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, the recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe fellowships, and the winner of the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Messud teaches writing at Harvard University. Named one of the most anticipated books of 2024 by The Guardian, Oprah Daily, and New York magazine, This Strange Eventful History follows the seven-decade arc of an itinerant French Algerian colonial family born on the wrong side of history and forced to reckon with their interpersonal and larger political legacies. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! (recorded 5/15/2024)

Embark on an inspiring journey with a French-Algerian neuroscience enthusiast turned global entrepreneur, as they share their remarkable transition from Google's London offices to the inception of Ness Labs. This isn't just another success story—it's an exploration of adaptability's power, learning's art, and the undeniable significance of meta-skills in our rapidly changing world. Our guest peels back the layers of their personal growth experiment that evolved into a celebrated newsletter, offering listeners pearls of wisdom on the symbiotic relationship between neuroscience and mental health.Prepare to challenge the arrival fallacy head-on and embrace the transformative power of neuro-plasticity. We dive into the mind's exquisite ability to rewire itself, proving that growth and adaptation aren't limited to early years but continue throughout life. By fostering curiosity and questioning our habitual responses, our guest illustrates how we can steer our neural pathways toward positive change, culminating in enhanced personal development and mental well-being. Join us for a mind-bending episode that promises to shift your perceptions and inspire a lifelong pursuit of learning and self-discovery.Connect with Anne-Laure Le-Cunff:https://nesslabs.comInstagram - @neuranne APG EliteMentoring - Management - ConsultingDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Louisiana's new insurance commissioner has laid out his plans to address the state's insurance crisis. Tim Temple, a former insurance industry executive, says his approach takes aim at what he calls the state's “heavy-handed” regulations.   Sam Karlin, an investigative reporter at The Advocate/Times Picayune, explains Temple's philosophy and the ongoing debate over how to bring rates down.  Later, Camille Farrah Lenain, a French-Algerian photographer based in New Orleans, walks us through her new exhibit “Sisters of the Hunt” at the NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville. Her work explores the lives of female hunters in rural France and Southern Louisiana through an exhibition that combines stunning photographs and immersive sound pieces. Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producers are Matt Bloom and Alana Schrieber. Aubry Procell is our assistant producer. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman. You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12 and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play and wherever you get your podcasts.  Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nabila Ramdani is a French-Algerian writer, broadcaster and academic, whose recent book is Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic. Historically, France is a country with ideals that strive for liberty, equality and fraternity but the reality in recent years is something different. Its leader President Macron has cultivated a political landscape with no clear successor ready to carry liberal or centre-ground politics forward. Instead, the next president might come from the far right and inherit a country consumed by polarised politics, institutionalised rioting, economic injustice and paramilitary policing. Can France be fixed? Joining Ramdani in conversation for this episode is Mehreen Khan, former Brussels-based EU Correspondent for the Financial Times and currently Economics Editor for The Times. This interview was recorded in late December, 2023. If you'd like to get access to all of our longer form interviews and members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show this week, I'm speaking to Assia Belgacem  a French-Algerian writer and book critic based in Bordeaux, France. Assia runs the Instagram account, @shereadsox, where she writes nuanced book reviews and gives excellent book recommendations. In this episode, we talk about Assia's identity: Algerian and French, and also about being Muslim in an increasingly right-wing, France. With hijab bans in place in the country, Assia works as a teacher in a government school, where she is unable to cover her hair. We talk about so much, including French and Algerian history, political activism, books and so much more.At the time of recording, It has been almost 70 days since the beginning of Israel's most recent war on Gaza, where so far over 20,000 people have been killed. Thousands are still trapped under rubble, and shortages of food and water are becoming lethal. Naturally, we talked about Palestine today, too. Assia's work focuses on decolonization, French politics and African/Swana literature.Follow Assia on instagram:www.instagram.com/shereadsoxAs always, I hope this episode is interesting and enjoyable! Connect with me on social media, as I'd love to hear from you.www.instagram.com/readwithsamiawww.instagram.com/thediversebookshelfpod Support the show

The formerly trendy Las Vegas restaurant Winter Mourning is in decline. Spiraling the drain, the staff hope one fantastic Thanksgiving service can revive their fortunes and save their jobs. Four workers in particular are trying their best to sell this night. Can these men overcome the Chaos in the Kitchen and make it out on top, or will it bea Fiasco?If you are in the mood for something completely different, Adam, Greg, and Laura played the Chaos in the Kitchen playset minus the Thanksgiving theming... among other things... several years ago, and is available on the website and however you get your podcasts.Adam - Jabir Medhi aka Johnny Nicholas, Sous Chef, a French-Algerian determined to save the restaurantDan - Nevada Markov, Pastry Chef,Brilliant yet narcoleptic man of few wordsGreg - River Reeves, Server, A sex worker aiming for the stars while holding down a day jobJared - Jan Olaf aka Nicholas Johnny, Runner, Definitely not a Finnish assassin laying low

In this episode, Kawter Najib sits with Hizer Mir to return to the topic of Islamophobia in France. In this discussion we talk about Kawter's own experiences of Islamophobia in France as well as the Islamophobic murder of French-Algerian teenager Nahel Merzouk in the summer.

EPISODE 1839: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the French-Israeli filmmaker and writer Pierre Rehov what he believes are Ianian financed sleeper-cells in US universities and why he admires Hamas' "evil mind"Pierre Rebov is a French-Israeli novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Born in Algiers, he had to flee his native country with his family in 1961, at the end of the French-Algerian war. Established in Paris, and later in New York, he graduated from Assas law school and studied counter-terrorism at IDC Herzliya. Since 2000, he produced and directed 13 documentaries on the Middle Conflict. He now lives in Tel Aviv.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

A coup in Gabon: what does it mean for the Central African country, the region, and its former colonizer, France? In this episode:  Leonard Mbulle-Nziege (@LennyMbulle), Cameroon-born, US-raised and South Africa-based academic, writer, political economist and Afro-optimist Nabila Ramdani (@NabilaRamdani), French-Algerian journalist and author of Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic Episode credits: This episode was produced by Amy Walters, David Enders and our host Malika Bilal.  Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

French-Algerian stand-up (and former cat-sitter to James) Celya AB has a table booked this week. Bon appétit!Celya AB's new solo show ‘Second Rodeo' is at the Edinburgh Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard, 2-27 August (not 15). Tickets and info.Follow Celya on Twitter and Instagram @abcelyaRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chapter 1 What's the Book The Stranger"The Stranger" is a philosophical novel written by Albert Camus, a French-Algerian author and philosopher. Originally published in 1942 as "L'Étranger" in French, it tells the story of Meursault, a detached and apathetic Algerian Frenchman living in colonial Algeria. The novel begins with the news of Meursault's mother's death, and the narrative explores his emotional detachment from the event. As the story progresses, Meursault becomes entangled in a series of events that culminate in a murder on an Algerian beach. However, what sets "The Stranger" apart is not so much the plot but the exploration of existential themes and the portrayal of Meursault's unique character. Camus explores the absurdity of existence, the meaninglessness of life, and the indifference of the universe towards human affairs. Meursault's nonchalant attitude, his refusal to conform to social conventions, and his inability to express emotions make him an outsider in society. The novel questions societal norms, moral values, and the consequences of one's actions, challenging readers to ponder the nature of human existence and the search for significance. "The Stranger" is considered one of Camus' most influential works and a key text in existentialist literature. Its exploration of existential themes, along with its concise writing style and thought-provoking narrative, have made it a significant contribution to modern philosophy and literature.Chapter 2 Why is The Stranger A Good Book"The Stranger" by Albert Camus is considered a good book for several reasons: 1. Philosophical Exploration: The novel delves into existentialist themes, exploring the absurdity and meaninglessness of life. It raises questions about human existence, alienation, and the search for purpose in an indifferent universe. Camus presents these complex ideas through the story of the protagonist, Meursault, and his detached and indifferent outlook on life. 2. Engaging Narrative: Camus' writing style is concise and straightforward, which makes the novel accessible to readers. The story is engaging, with a compelling plot that follows Meursault's experiences before and after committing a senseless crime. The narrative keeps readers intrigued and prompts them to reflect on their own beliefs and values. 3. Characterization: Meursault, the main character, is portrayed as an outsider, disconnected from societal norms and expectations. His indifference and lack of emotion challenge readers' understanding of conventional morality and encourage them to question their own preconceived notions about what it means to be human. Meursault's character development throughout the novel is thought-provoking and generates discussions about identity and societal conformity. 4. Thought-Provoking Themes: "The Stranger" explores various themes like the nature of truth, the consequences of our actions, the illusion of free will, and the inevitability of death. These themes prompt readers to reflect on their own existence, values, and the choices they make in life. The book encourages introspection and philosophical contemplation. 5. Literary Significance: As a seminal work of existentialism, "The Stranger" has had a profound impact on literature and philosophy. It influenced subsequent generations of writers and thinkers, sparking discussions on the human condition, moral responsibility, and the search for meaning. Its enduring relevance and critical acclaim...

On today's show we look at rebellions in France following the murder of a French-Algerian teenager by French police. Teenager Nahel was driving his vehicle when two police officers tried to pull him over for – what they say – were traffic violations. As Nahel tried to drive away, one of those officers shot into the vehicle, killing him. Multiple nights of unrest followed on the streets of France, and thirteen-hundred people voicing their anger were arrested in the process. We talk about the history of the violence of french policing and the current movement to end state terror in France with Alison Hird, the co-host and producer of Spotlight on France – a podcast on French society and history, as well as a journalist for Radio France Internationale. Check out Alison Hird's podcast episode about the uprising for RFI: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/spotlight-on-france/20230713-podcast-a-deeper-look-at-france-s-urban-riots-and-police-violence-nahel-l%C3%A9o-ferr%C3%A9 — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Anti-Police Protests in France w/ Alison Hird appeared first on KPFA.

The killing of Nahel Mehzuk, a 17-year-old French-Algerian delivery driver during a traffic stop by French police has led to widespread protests in France. For many, taking to the streets is an expression of frustration and anger over injustices such as racism and inequality. Whilst for others it's a case of immigrants not adopting French values. In this podcast we sit down with Al-Ameer who was born and grew up in Paris on the underlying issues facing France 

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This week Lara and Michael discuss the occupation's failed invasion of Jenin including making thousands of individuals new refugees for the second time in their family's history (most inhabitants of Jenin were refugees from Haifa in 1948 during the Nakba). We also cover the occupation's killing of 12 Palestinians and wounding over one hundred. The media ran with zionist propaganda that dehumanizes Palestinians and promotes the false notion that the invasion of occupied Jenin was Israeli “self-defense” but spoiler alert Israel, as an occupying power, has no right to invade Palestinian cities nor does it have a right to “self-defense” from the people it occupies but Palestinians have the right to defend themselves against illegal and permanent occupation. We also cover the story of French police reaching out to Zionist occupation forces for tips on how to better oppress after riots have shaken many French cities in the wake of the police murder of 17-year-old French-Algerian boy, Nael.

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Understandings of migration are invariably reduced to immigration, framed by the policy agenda of receiving states. But what about the people who leave? And why does it matter that we remember, as French-Algerian sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad stressed, that ‘every immigrant is also an emigrant'?   From the role of emigration in the making of the British empire and other European colonial powers to its neglect in public and political conversations about migration today, this episode explores what is opened up when we turn the spotlight onto those leaving the sovereign territory of a nation. Elena Zambelli explains what we mean when we talk about emigration. Mukti Jain Campion, founder of the independent production company Culture Wise, reminds us of the relationship between emigration and the making of the British Empire. Nando and Michaela reflect on why we need to talk about emigration today. We look into how states engage with emigration from its role in net migration figures through to policies and concerns over brain drains. And we turn to consider who is leaving Britain today, drawing on what British citizens and EU nationals taking part in our research told us about the significance of Brexit to their emigration decisions.   You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website Who do we think we are?   In this episode we cover …    Emigration and colonisation  Leaving Britain today  Brexit and Brits Abroad  Active listening questions   Do you have any family members who have emigrated from their country of origin? What do you know about their reasons for leaving?  What do you think understanding emigration can add to our understandings of migration?   What is the relationship between British emigration and British colonialism? And how does this shape the experiences of British citizens emigrating today? What relationship does your country have with its citizens who have moved abroad?   Hear more from Michaela and Mukti about British emigrants today   Learn about The Migration Museum's Departures exhibition   Explore the Brexit testimonies of British citizens living in the EU  Our podcast picks ...  Departures – 400 Years of Emigration from Britain   BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, Emigration   Bad Bridgets Podcast   Call to action    Follow the podcast on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed.   Get all the latest updates from the MIGZEN research project  on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Who do we think we are? on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. 

A 17-year-old French Algerian is shot dead and a police officer is in custody accused of his murder. But the violent unrest across France that followed the shooting, hints at issues that go well beyond just this one incident. So why is France such a hot-bed for civil unrest? Guests: Jonathan Miller Correspondent, Spectator Nabila Ramdani French Algerian journalist Alexis Poulin Founder, Le Monde Moderne Media

Last week, a French policeman shot an unarmed French-Algerian teenager (Nahel M.) in the chest after a traffic stop. Before pulling the trigger, Nahel was told “I will lodge a bullet in your head”. A video of the brutal slaying was uploaded to social media, resulting in a massive outpouring of rage that swept the […]

From the BBC World Service: Facebook’s owner Meta has announced it will launch Threads, a new social media app, on Thursday. Technology reporter Io Dodds told us what this means for Twitter. Also, the killing of a French-Algerian teenager in Paris has triggered days of rioting. The BBC’s Paul Moss reports on two funds that have been set up, one for the victim and the other for the policeman who shot him. And finally, the BBC’s Andrew Harding investigates who’s to blame as South Africa faces a winter of discontent over power shortages.

From the BBC World Service: Facebook’s owner Meta has announced it will launch Threads, a new social media app, on Thursday. Technology reporter Io Dodds told us what this means for Twitter. Also, the killing of a French-Algerian teenager in Paris has triggered days of rioting. The BBC’s Paul Moss reports on two funds that have been set up, one for the victim and the other for the policeman who shot him. And finally, the BBC’s Andrew Harding investigates who’s to blame as South Africa faces a winter of discontent over power shortages.

The Stranger Book Key Words:Understanding Meursault"The Stranger" is a novel written by Albert Camus, first published in 1942. The story is set in Algiers and follows the life of Meursault, a French Algerian who kills an Arab man and subsequently faces trial. The novel focuses on the themes of existentialism, absurdism, and the meaninglessness of life. Meursault is portrayed as an emotionally detached character who struggles to find any sense of true purpose or meaning in his life. The novel has been translated into over 40 languages and is considered a classic of French literature. What is the true story behind The Stranger?The story follows the life of a man named Meursault, who lives in Algiers and works as an office clerk. He receives news that his mother has passed away, and he travels to the nursing home where she lived to attend her funeral. However, Meursault does not display any visible signs of grief, which causes people around him to question his emotional state. The rest of the novel explores Meursault's thoughts and actions, including his involvement in a violent incident and his subsequent trial. Throughout the story, Meursault struggles with feelings of detachment and meaninglessness, ultimately leading to a confrontation with the justice system. While "The Stranger" is a work of fiction, it reflects some of the themes and ideas that were prevalent in the philosophical movement of existentialism during the mid-20th century. The book explores questions about the human condition, the role of society in shaping our lives, and the search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world.What is the main message of The Stranger?The main message of "The Stranger" by Albert Camus is that the human condition is ultimately meaningless in an indifferent and absurd universe. The protagonist, Meursault, embodies this idea through his detached and emotionless attitude towards life and his surroundings. He fails to conform to society's expectations and norms, leading to his eventual condemnation for a crime he did not fully understand or feel remorse for. Through Meursault's experiences, Camus portrays the existentialist idea that individuals must create their own meaning and purpose in life despite its inherent lack of objective significance.Who is the killer in The Stranger movie?I apologize, but I cannot answer your question with certainty as there are several movies and TV shows titled "The Stranger." Please provide me with more details such as the release year or any additional information that may help me identify which version you are referring to.

The StrangerThe Stranger Full Book Introduction In The Stranger, events happen by chance. Unwittingly, the protagonist, Meursault, becomes involved in his friend's conflict, shoots and kills his friend's rival. During the trial, the public decides to focus on Meursault's character rather than attending to the specific details of the case. Because Meursault didn't weep at his mother's funeral, they conclude that his personality is cold and callous. As a result, he is sentenced to death. Throughout these events, Meursault assumes the role of an outsider. The French title of the book is also sometimes translated as “The Outsider.” He watches events unfold with cold indifference. In his last moments, he calmly accepts his fate and transcends life and death. Author : Albert CamusAlbert Camus was a renowned French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist. Camus was a leading figure in the philosophical school of thought known as Absurdism, and was associated with existentialism. He is often compared to his existentialist compatriot, philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Though, throughout his lifetime, he firmly denied his philosophical identity. Although Camus' works vividly portray the absurd nature of life, they do not descend into despair and express dejection. Against the contradictory absurdities of modern experience, Camus' works promote resistance, upholding truth and justice instead of hopelessness. The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, and the play Caligula are among his most celebrated works, collectively known as the Absurdist Trilogy. Overview | Chapter 1Hi, welcome to Bookey. Today we will unlock the book The Stranger. This novel describes an accidental occurrence. How a nobody, living a mundane and monotonous life, becomes involved in a murder leading eventually to his execution. The existentialist philosopher Albert Camus wrote The Stranger when he was twenty-six years old. When it was published, the novel was soon a huge success. It laid the foundation for Camus' renowned writing career. Within a few years of its publication, The Stranger had received widespread acclaim in the literary world. Reviewing the novel, critic Marcel Arland concludes, “We recognize… in The Stranger: a genuine writer.” Another critic, Henri Hell, wrote, “With The Stranger, Camus ranks at the apex of the contemporary novel.” In his book Writing Degree Zero, Roland Barthes credits The Stranger as creating a revolutionary “transparent form of speech” that would change our understanding of literature and even of reality.” The story describes Meursault's wrongful conviction. However, unlike in a typical miscarriage of justice, this protagonist is not completely innocent, nor has he been framed. In fact, he expresses his guilt and openly admits to the murder. Nonetheless, others at the scene of the crime are well aware of the fact that he committed this offence in a state of confusion. As this case unfolds, the judicial process becomes increasingly complex, and the trial lasts almost a year. Ultimately, in Meursault's case, the verdict passed is that there is nothing human about him and his crime was premeditated. If you find this outcome absurd, or perhaps consider it strange that such a ridiculous verdict could be reached under the supposedly advanced legal systems of modern times, this would be just what Camus intended. Why didn't Meursault actively fight against it? Let us take a closer look at this story. In this bookey, we will introduce Camus' book in three parts: Part One makes a simple summary of the story and explains how Meursault becomes...

In the thirty-seventh episode of Season 8 (Coming-of-Ages) Kyle is joined by screenwriter David Gutierrez for a one-on-one discussion of André Téchiné's semi-autobiographical tale of sexual discovery and political conflict amongst teens set against the backdrop of the ending turmoil of the French-Algerian war in the beautifully rendered and extremely tender coming-of-age film Wild Reeds (1994).

This week we're taking a walk down flavor lane! Join us as we explore the delicious journey of Djamel Foodie, an incredible French-Algerian chef and social media sensation. The show delves into his inspiring past growing up in France with Algerian culinary influences from his mother. There's no doubt you won't want to miss this tasty experience - bon appetit! -=-=-=-=-

Today's special episode is by Celine Mitchell. Celine is currently a PhD candidate at The London School of Economics (LSE). She is writing a contemporary history of the French Algerian youth, through the lens of hip-hop. In particular, her work focuses on the analysis of the second and third generation's engagement with historical, political and […]

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We had a lot of people sending in messages (because I did a thing) and I also realised that I'm done with philosophy for a while.In September 2022 we covered 4 books on this channel (but I also threw in a cheeky small one just for this recap). I just noticed that it was a pretty diverse crowd with an Englishman-cum-Australian, French Algerian, American and a fanatic Japanese. That's a good bunch.I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:35) - The Sound of Waves: Yukio Mishima(4:41) - On The Beach: Nevil Shute(6:58) - The Stranger: Albert Camus(8:59) - The Fire Next Time: James Baldwin(13:41) - Ego Is The Enemy: Ryan Holiday(15:17) - Boostagram Lounge(20:33) - October 2022(22:12) - Value For ValueConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

We had a lot of people sending in messages (because I did a thing) and I also realised that I'm done with philosophy for a while.In September 2022 we covered 4 books on this channel (but I also threw in a cheeky small one just for this recap). I just noticed that it was a pretty diverse crowd with an Englishman-cum-Australian, French Algerian, American and a fanatic Japanese. That's a good bunch.I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:35) - The Sound of Waves: Yukio Mishima(4:41) - On The Beach: Nevil Shute(6:58) - The Stranger: Albert Camus(8:59) - The Fire Next Time: James Baldwin(13:41) - Ego Is The Enemy: Ryan Holiday(15:17) - Boostagram Lounge(20:33) - October 2022(22:12) - Value For ValueConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

A casual tour of this French Algerian novel exploring - Alienation between immigrant parents and their children - French Algerian representation This book has been translated into English as "Men Don't Cry" (translator: Sarah Ardizzone). As always, there are many points that were not covered in this episode. I particularly feel I owe an apology to the mother who was only mentioned from a negative perspective but who of course is misunderstood in her love for her children, like her husband! Apologies for the strange sound quality - I'm not quite sure what happened there.

Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us more about the Cannes Film Festival's parallel events, as filmmakers, actors and technicians share the secrets of their craft in live question and answer sessions. We also check out a French film that revisits the death of French-Algerian student Malik Oussekine in 1986, in which director Rachid Bouchareb raises the issue of police violence both then and now. Plus we take a look at a red carpet a little further down the French Riviera, as the amfAR gala sees the Hollywood glitterati raise vital funds for AIDS research.

French-Algerian guitarist and vocalist Pierre Bensusan details his long-awaited release, “Azwan.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"Ukraine has provided us with, I think, the most striking, the most rapid, the most swift and complete legal offensive or lawfare strategy that has ever been implemented."In this episode

Mamela Nyamza has been called a movement maverick and is one of South Africa's most celebrated dancers. She speaks to Tina Daheley about how she uses dance to tackle the continuing inequality and social division in the Rainbow Nation. French Algerian ballerina Chloe Lopes Gomes made history by becoming the first black female dancer at the Staatsballet Berlin ballet company. In 2020 she spoke out about the racism she experienced, after she says, being told to ‘white up' and ‘blend in'. Chloe speaks to Anna Bailey about the challenges of making the ballet world more inclusive. When the celebrated Chilean dancer César Morales was a young child, a school excursion changed his life. César was taken to see the ballet Giselle at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago in Chile and he immediately fell in love with the art form. He speaks to us about defying the expectations of his traditional Chilean family by taking up ballet not football. (Photo: Chloe Lopes Gomes. Credit: Dean Barucija)

Over five thousand French Algerian, Moroccan and territorial troops died within ten minutes of the chlorine gas being ...

Eleven year French Algerian burner Reda Briki was inspired to begin his DJ career through dance. He has explored, played at and been present for many iconic moments in dance music history and played with some of the biggest names on a journey that lead him through San Francisco, New York, Burning Man and most recently, Playa del Carmen and Tulum in Mexico. Closing set by Reda Briki (Siesta) soundcloud.com/redabriki facebook.com/Disorient facebook.com/groups/sacredcow facebook.com/RootSociety facebook.com/Siesta-Records-154910143836 3bridgerecords.com

WHY IT TAKES MORE THAN FASHION TO BECOME A STYLE ICON? “Gems of Arabia host, Hatem Alakeeel joins French-Algerian documentary maker and former model Farida Khelfa and Saudi business woman, HRH Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz. The trio discuss various topic including what it takes to become a style icon, Arab women undergoing a significant transformation and how fashion plays a role in aiding that.@faridakhelfa @deenathe1st @hatemalakeel #gemsofarabia #season2 @thesaudicup @jeanpaulgaultier @manfredthierrymugler #FaridaKhelfa, #fashion, #saudiFashion, #gemsofarabia, #authentcite, #hatemalakeel, #hrhpricess, #deenaaljuhani, #aljuhaniAbdulaziz

When a boat carrying a group of Chagos Islanders landed on their homeland this week, it represented return after half a century of exile. The Islands were once part of British-run Mauritius, and in 1972, Britain removed the inhabitants, so it could hand one of the islands over to the United States, to build a military base. The move has been condemned by the International Court of Justice, and by the United Nations, but the UK has so far refused to allow the Islanders back. This week, they took matters into their own hands, and returned by boat for a visit. Andrew Harding was on board. It was in the 1960s that gas was discovered in The Netherlands, and since then, it has provided the country with both cash and energy security. However, some people living near the gas fields claim that the exploration has damaged their homes, and even destroyed them. Anna Holligan has visited the damaged properties, and met the residents who say their lives have been ruined. Kenya's world-wide image is often restricted to wildlife and beaches. However, the country now plays host to one of the most vibrant tech sectors in Africa, with a particular emphasis on putting tech into practice. The aim is to find a development route which does not necessarily copy the heavy industrialisation of wealthier countries. Indeed, Zeinab Badawi says Kenya is already pursuing a greener path, which could make for a more prosperous future. The French-Algerian writer, Fatima Daas has won huge praise for her first book, a semi-autobiographical account of a life attempting to reconcile being a Muslim and Lesbian. Mike Wooldridge joined her for a walk round the Paris neighbourhood where she grew up. Japan's current Prime Minister is the first for many years to live in his official Tokyo residence, and reports claim this is because previous holders of the post were scared the building was haunted. This should not be too surprising, according to Rupert Wingfield-Haye, as Japanese people regularly take account of ghosts when considering where to live.

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Guillaume Gabriel, cofounder of French company, Companie Hervé Koubi. The company's work was born from a mixture of techniques and influences, at the crossroads of urban dances and ballet and with the coming together of Koubi's French-Algerian and African family history. https://www.cie-koubi.fr

Today through the French Algerian film 'Dernier Maquis' we will talk of religion, power and resistance in one single shot. Join our Active Learning Community Today. Request to join www.penpositive.com and also start listening to the daily English podcast 'Penpositive Outclass' https://anchor.fm/penpositive Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pahayanmedia Telegram: https://t.me/pahayanmedia YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pahayan Twitter: https://twitter.com/pahayanmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pahayanmedia English Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Malayalam Blog: https://marthyan.com/ Website: https://malayalampodcast.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pahayan/message

She's a globally successful singer-songwriter, musician and composer who sings in Hebrew, Arabic and French. Riff Cohen's music doesn't fit neatly into any one category - it's been described as modern Middle Eastern  Rock or Algerian folk,  but it's also the kind of sound that blends influences so vividly, it's better to just listen instead of label. She was born to parents of Tunisian and French-Algerian origins, raised in Israel, and took an artistic scholarship in Paris, where her appropriately titled hit debut album, 'A Paris,' was born. She's since toured the world and released two more albums. Amid work on her fourth, Riff spoke candidly about the all-consuming process of creation and the fear of releasing it into the world, on discovering her femininity, and on learning to live peacefully with her fierce inner critic - and to own her success. 

Started with some beautiful fusion music from an Italian-Austrian accordion-sitar duo, a unique Persian-Indian-American quartet, and a Cuban-Senegalese piano / kora / flute combo. Some hot Afro-Brazilian. Canadian-Colombian, Ivorian and French-Algerian stuff, and a tribute to Lee Scratch Perry. Blues, Bluegrass, Songwriters, and Celtic pipes and fiddles rounded out the show.

In this second episode of The Identity Series, we delve into the fraught and complex topic of empire, examining the decline and collapse of various empires across Europe, their aftershocks and their impact on the identity of their citizens.Speaking to experts and artists from a range of backgrounds, we discuss topics including the legacy of empire, the impact of colonisation, how different cultures and nationalities have shaped British music, and the power of music to shape identity and express displacement.Speakers include Sathnam Sanghera, journalist and best-selling author of Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain; Lloyd Bradley, one of the UK's leading black music experts and cultural commentators; and Samira Brahmia, a French-Algerian musician. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It was a pleasure sharing views on creating/displaying art, world travel stories and comparing the pros and cons of touring cities versus the countryside (she likes the countryside, I like the city). French Algerian globetrotter, travel photographer, and art exhibitor, Linda Sebihi gives a very introspective opinion of what she experiences through her travels and how she feels about the art that she creates. Listen in for discussions of travel stories through Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Timor-Leste, and the continent of Africa! www.lindasebihi.comwww.instagram.com/malae.trip“Liar Man” appears courtesy of Jab Productions, LLC. All rights reserved.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=S3PL8MD58LJNQ)

Kevin Macdonald’s new film The Mauritanian is based on the true story of a prisoner held in Guantánamo Bay for 14 years but never charged. The French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim, recently seen in the TV drama series The Serpent, discusses the challenges of playing Mohamedou Slahi, who was shackled, beaten and waterboarded by the US authorities. The Lip depicts a hidden Cornwall, the one we rarely see. Its author, Charlie Carroll discusses writing about the second poorest region in all of Europe and how he included mental health issues within his work. Ready for a new radio soap opera? Greenborne launched this month and this new audio drama aims to reflect the real world we live in. Ella Watts reviews. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Oliver Jones

Most of us have asked, at one point or another, what the meaning of life is, and by extension, how to proceed through life once one realizes that it could be meaningless. This was a huge topic of reflection for the French-Algerian journalist and thinker, Albert Camus, throughout the first half of the 20th century. In this episode of The Last Sisyphus Podcast, I discuss how Camus' philosophical idea of "the Absurd" manifests in his first published piece of fiction, "The Stranger," and how we, in the 21st century, can realize and apply the Absurd in our own lives.You can purchase Camus' "The Stranger" here: https://amzn.to/38vupQUDon't forget to check out The Last Sisyphus' social media, Patreon, and Substack by clicking HERE!If you like this episode, consider sharing, subscribing, and letting me know your thoughts directly on Twitter and Instagram! 

Episode 6 is out now! Join us for a conversation with special guest Hénia Belalia about the effects of underrepresentation of women and girls* in media, and what we can do as young people to remind ourselves of our worth and our value. Hénia also reminds us of the power of our voices, and how they can be used to challenge people, corporations, and institutions who uphold gender stereotypes and unrealistic beauty standards. You don't want to miss it! Hénia is a French-Algerian educator, theater director, and grassroots organizer. She has worked with youth, and young girls* in particular, for about 20 years, Hénia loves to spend time in nature, get lost in books, dance, cook, and live her best life as an auntie. In our conversation, she offered up some amazing wisdom as well as advice for young girls* navigating toxic media culture. Fun fact: Hénia ran the summer program that inspired this podcast! Girls* in Action was only possible because of her mentorship and dedication to youth. Thank you, Hénia!❤️ Find us on instagram @girlsinaction.sf Hénia's recommendations of Instagram accounts to follow: @mama_maiz @thehijabichronicles @zvoicescollective @forcetobereckonedwithmag

Doug Dammann: Elmer Ellsworth and His Zouaves In the summer of 1860, young lawyer Elmer Ellsworth and a civilian militia company of 50 men from Chicago set out on a twenty-city tour. In those days, volunteer militia companies held drill competitions, and Ellsworth hoped that his unit's new "Zouave" training (based on semi-gymnastic maneuvers modelled after those of French Algerian soldiers) would dominate the competition. The tour was a success beyond their wildest dreams. When war started and their training was needed on the battlefield rather than on the parade ground, the men who had accompanied Ellsworth found themselves in positions of leadership within the Union Army. Our June speaker, Doug Dammann, will explore Elmer Ellsworth's widespread influence on the northern army. Despite all of his drills and military training, Ellsworth's death, ironically, did not come in battle but rather early in the war, inside the Marshall House hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. Ellsworth succeeded in removing the Confederate flag raised by the building owner only to be shot and killed by the owner, James W. Jackson, as he descended the stairs from the building roof. Ellsworth's body would lie in state at the White House before being taken to his home state of New York for burial. Abraham Lincoln would call his close friend (almost a second son) Ellsworth "the greatest little man I ever met." Ellsworth's memory lived on throughout the war as "Remember Ellsworth" became a rallying cry for supporters of the Union. His death would spur even more volunteers to don the flashy Zouave attire Doug Dammann is the curator and site coordinator of the Kenosha Civil War Museum. A native of Lena, Illinois, and son of this Round Table's close friend Gordon Dammann, he received a BA in history from Kalamazoo College in 1996 and earned his Master's Degree in historical administration from Eastern Illinois University in 1999. Prior to coming to Kenosha, he worked at The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland, and The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

On this week's show we're joined by Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli, drug policy advocate, leading researcher, president of FAAAT, and advisory board member of the European Industrial Hemp Association.Kenzi gives us a high-level overview of international drug control, including the treaties and conventions which manage it, and the politics involved. We also take a look at the recent historic removal of Cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.→ View full show notes and summary here: https://www.cannabis-conversation.com/blogs/episode93About KenziBased in Barcelona, Kenzi is a French-Algerian interdisciplinary researcher and advocate for sustainable drug policy reforms. He co-founded the French NGO NORML France and the think-tank FAAAT. Focused on Action research (matching scholars and citizens) as a catalyser for legal and social changes, Kenzi has been particularly involved in studying alternative pathways for Cannabis policy reform, linking international law with local grassroots initiatives. His work articulates around ethics, human rights aspects, fair trade components, and criteria of sustainability of legally-regulated use, production, and markets of internationally controlled and/or psychoactive plants, fungi, products or substances. Quotables[The vote] is the most powerful symbol that we have seen in drug policy so far and that we will see in the next decade 32:00ResourcesFollow Kenzi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teluobir/Follow Kenzi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/teluobir?lang=enKenzi's Website: https://kenzi.zemou.li/Join Kenzi on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teluobir

Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization from Boston Review. The French Algerian writer steadfastly defended democracy and humanity against dogmatic ideologies of all stripes. We need to read and reread him today. http://bostonreview.net/arts-society/mugambi-jouet-reading-camus-time-plague-and-polarization lasting popularity in AmericaNewt Gingrich quoted The Plagueexplainedsome have taken issue withEdward SaidAlice KaplanTobias WolffMarie-Pierre UlloawrotedenouncedWithout dehumanizing Camusexposedelsewherehighest incarceration rate worldwideNeither Victims nor Executionershis call

Writer and director Nadir Dendoune, who grew up in a poor suburb of Paris, is the first French-Algerian to climb the Everest, and remarkably, without any experience in mountain-climbing. His trip to Australia in 1993 for Cairns to Sydney cycling raid was the turning point in his life. - Journaliste, écrivain et réalisateur, Nadir Dendoune est aussi le premier maghrébin à avoir gravi l'Everest... Des défis sportifs et artistiques qu'il n'aurait sans doute jamais relevés s'il n'avait pas avant passé quelques années en Australie...

Writer and director Nadir Dendoune, who grew up in a poor suburb of Paris, is the first French-Algerian to climb the Everest, and remarkably, without any experience in mountain-climbing. His trip to Australia in 1993 for Cairns to Sydney cycling raid was the turning point in his life. - Journaliste, écrivain et réalisateur, Nadir Dendoune est aussi le premier maghrébin à avoir gravi l'Everest... Des défis sportifs et artistiques qu'il n'aurait sans doute jamais relevés s'il n'avait pas avant passé quelques années en Australie...

The township of Cygnet and the Huon region in which it lies were both named by French explorers in the 18th century, so it seems an appropriate place for a Frenchwoman to have settled down in. Catherine moved here 9 years ago with her husband and the area bears many similar features in common with her birthplace in Normandy - the apple orchards and cider, the cows in green paddocks and even the bird sounds all reminded her of her childhood. Although she has lived in Australia since the 90s and Tasmania for 9 years, at first she was shocked by some of the cultural differences such as seeing women drinking cold beer directly out of a bottle - not the done thing in sophisticated France at all. After a tumultuous youth growing up with the backdrop of the French Algerian war which sparked disturbances in Paris, Catherine developed a sense of responsibility early in life as well as what was to prove a lifelong devotion to yoga, Many years later, her Australian husband, Bob, would credit the yoga for her surviving a dangerous brush with cancer, an experience which Catherine describes in more detail in this episode. Catherine also talks about her Moroccan roots through her father's line and her grandfather and father's role in French Resistance during the Second World War and how this impacted her father's life in Paris afterwards.

On today's show, Sean talks with Robert Zaretsky, a professor at University of Houston and the author of A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus & the Quest for Meaning. In 1957 French-Algerian writer, Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was 44 years old, the second youngest person to ever receive the award. Fifteen years earlier, during the height of World War II, Camus stunned the world with the essay, The Myth of Sisyphus, and the novel, The Stranger. Camus explores the idea of finding meaning in life, especially during times of great struggle like war, the plague and personal tragedy. Camus was a free thinker and a champion of the human experience. Camus ultimately teaches us that we should avoid ideologies and rather search for meaning in our relationships with others and in our love of life.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:The life of Albert Camus, especially his role in the French Resistance during World War IIHow to continue moving forward with our lives when things happen that we did not expectHow to find meaning in struggleWhy it's important to rebel against injustice by avoid a revolutionHow we find meaning through relationships Why love for others and love of life is the ultimate source of our happinessBOOKS AND RESOURCESA Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for MeaningThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Myth of Sisyphus by Albert CamusCapital One. This is Banking Reimagined. What's in your wallet?Get the most competitive rate if you're looking to get a mortgage or refinance in Canada with Breezeful. Plus, get a $100 Amazon.ca gift card at your closing.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.CONNECT WITH ROBERT ZARETSKYhttps://www.uh.edu/class/mcl/faculty/zaretsky_r/Email: rzaretsky@uh.eduHELP US OUT!Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we speak with two guests from the US. Both originally from the Asian wedding industry, but now making their mark in the industry as South Asian and Electronic Trap fusion artists: Khanvict (@khanvictlife) and The Lost Strings (@theloststrings). Stay tuned for their interview because these guys really talk deep about the roots of Indian music, the instruments, the history and the culture of classical and Sufi music. I was amazed at how knowledgable these guys are, so would love for all our United Colors listeners to hear our chat. The show is also jam-packed with very cool Indian fusion and world music as always – Bollywood remixes, Panjabi, Hiphop, Dancehall, Dutch, Arabic, French, Algerian plus a few quirky tracks in between! // Mon @ 10pm PST, Tue @ 7pm UK and 11.30pm IST. Hosted by DJ and music producer: @viktoreus. Follow: @unitedcolorswithindia, @rukusavenueradio 

Sarah Ardizzone is a translator from the French with forty-something titles to her name. This week she joins us on the pod to discuss her career as a translator, the importance of forging a bond with writers and how translation techniques differ between mediums. Asking the questions is Sarah Bower. Meanwhile, Steph and Simon talk about the upcoming drop-in writing sessions and Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke, this month's Book Club selection. Join our Discord community of writers and readers here: https://discord.gg/3G39dRW Sarah's work spans picture books, graphic novels and travel memoirs as well as children's, young adult and literary fiction. Notable authors include Alexandre Dumas (a fresh version of The Nutcracker), Faïza Guène, the outspoken young French-Algerian voice from the banlieue, and former ‘dunce' Daniel Pennac, whose autobiographical polemics about education are illustrated by Quentin Blake. Twice recipient of the Marsh award, she has won the Scott-Moncrieff prize and a New York Times notable book accolade. What we do: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/ Drop-in Writing info: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/drop-in-writing-time-8/ Book Club info: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/article/book-club-bluebird-bluebird-by-attica-locke/ Music by Bennet Maples.

This is a visual podcast which tries to incorporate footages shot by its narrator, Anushray Singh; the audio-visual intermix in a "meaningful" manner may enhance the themes discussed in the podcast. In today's episode, On Absurdity of Life, we discuss the anti-philosophical stance of French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus. Through his understanding of the absurdity of human condition which he compares to the myth of Sisyphus, we may seek comfort in knowing that the meaninglessness of our lives can give us the requisite courage and hope to live in defiance; which according to Camus means feeling fulfilled in our willingness to live life.

Carignan or Mazuelo, as it's known in its native Spain, is a complicated grape that gets a terrible rap. But the truth is, in the right hands and growing in the right conditions, this grape can fashion powerful wines that are pure hedonistic pleasure!      Carignan has a long history. The grape is likely from Aragon in northeast Spain, but it spread around the Iberian Peninsula. It’s current Spanish name, Mazuelo comes from Mazuelo de Muñó, a town in Castilla y Leon in northwest Spain. Carignan may have originated in its namesake town of Cariñena, which is a Denomiacíon de Origen (DO) that grows mainly Garnacha Tinta. From these parts of Spain, Mazuelo spread to Catalunya in northeast Spain and then during the reign of the Crown of Aragon to the area it ruled. The grape: Was introduced to Sardinia, the Italian island, sometime between 1323-1720 Moved to Algeria where it became a high yielding grape that was exported to France to bolster French blends in the color, acidity, and tannin department   The grape became commonplace in France after three incidents: phylloxera in the late 1800s, a frost destroyed the other “workhorse” grape,  Aramon in 1956 and 1963, and the independence of Algeria of 1962 brought French-Algerian winemakers into the Languedoc-Roussillon region who brought their trusty workhorse grape. The over vigorous nature of the grape made it produce rustic, flavorless wines with rough tannin and high acid. It contributed majorly to the wine lake of the EU (low quality wine that was subsidized by the EU and then needed to be dealt with because there was no demand for it). Nearly half the Carignan in the Languedoc was grubbed up in the 1990s and today no one is planting it, as the only value in it is in grapes that are more than 50 years old.   When the vines are old, the soil is poor, and the climate is hot, Carignan makes wines that are full of dark cherry fruit, blueberries, violet and other floral notes. It’s full-bodied with (sometimes dusty-feeling) tannins and great acidity, and moderate alcohol. Winemakers have to be careful to ensure the fermentation gets enough oxygen or the wines can take on a burnt match/reductive note.   Where does the grape grow??  Old World:  France: 80% of the Carignan plantings are in the Languedoc-Roussillon – and make ordinary Vins de Pays (countryside) wine. Some appellations: Minervois, Corbières, Faugères, Fitou, Languedoc, and St-Chinian each have a certain amount of Carignan specified in their AOCs and use carbonic maceration to soften the tannin and produce fruitier notes in their Carignan. The best wines come from old vines, as is the case in all areas. Really the two best places for Carignano/Mazuelo are Italy and Spain... Italy: The grape here is called Carignano and 97% is planted on the island of Sardegna, where it has been called Bovale Grande or Bovale di Spagna. Because of the name difference,  it was only recently discovered that this grape is Carignan. The grape grows well in the hot, dry south-western corner of Sardinia. The best co-op is Santadi, which makes soft, supple, fruity, and rich wine from the Carignano del Sulcis DOC.  Rocco Rubine and Terre Brune are great wines from the co-op. Spain: Mazuelo is found as a dwindling part of the Rioja blend (although Marquis de Murrieta makes a varietal Mazuelo). The place the grape shines is Catalunya, especially Priorat. Here the vineyard recipe for this grape is perfect: 100+ year old vines, schist slopes (llicorella), poor soils, and a hot, dry climate. The wines it yields are silky, rich, powerful and luscious, especially when blended with Garnacha.   In the old world you can also find the grape in Croatia, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia and Israel.   New World In the New World, the grape is found in Uruguay, Australia (South Australia),  Argentina, Mexico, and South Africa. In the US, in California, the grape is spelled Carignane and has historically been used as  a major component in jug and box wines, and was a popular grape home winemaking in the 1970s and 1980s. Like all Carignan, the best in California is found where there is old bush vines – places like Mendocino, Sonoma, Contra Costa County and other areas. Chile has great promise for the wine as well – especially with the ancient, dry farmed Carignan in Maule Valley.   There seems to be hope for Carignan as younger producers have taken an interest in giving it the attention it needs to make good wine. The grape has great potential!   Thanks to our sponsors this week: Thanks to YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople And to sign up for classes, please go to www.winefornormalpeople.com/classes!  Get your copy Wine For Normal People Book today!    Wine Access  Visit: www.wineaccess.com/normal and for a limited time get $20 off your first order of $50 or more!  I’m so excited to introduce Wine Access to you. Wine Access is a web site that has exclusive wines that overdeliver for the price (of which they have a range).  They offer top quality wines by selecting diverse, interesting, quality bottles you may not have access to at local shops. Wine Access provides extensive tasting notes, stories about the wine and a really cool bottle hanger with pairings, flavor profile, and serving temps. 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Philosopher Associate Professor Matthew Sharpe explores the subject of his upcoming lecture on philosophy and evil, which looks at the controversy surrounding Martin Heidegger’s 'Black Notebooks' and his associations with anti-Semitic and Nazi ideology, as well as the key ideas and connections underpinning existentialism, stoicism, and the work of French-Algerian author Albert Camus. Broadcast on 4 February, 2020.

Any reference to real events and persons living or dead is not accidental. It is deliberate. We conclude our recasting and discussion of Z, the 1969 French-Algerian political murder suspense procedural drama. We talk about how awkward it is to watch people fight. We talk about other movies that fictionalized events in their own time. We […]

Any reference to real events and persons living or dead is not accidental. It is deliberate. We conclude our recasting and discussion of Z, the 1969 French-Algerian political murder suspense procedural drama. We talk about how awkward it is to watch people fight. We talk about other movies that fictionalized events in their own time. We […]

Philosopher Associate Professor Matthew Sharpe from Deakin University explores the subject of his upcoming lecture, on philosophy and evil which looks at the controversy surround Martin Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and his associations with anti-Semitic and Nazi ideology, as well as the ideas underpinning existentialism, stoicism, and the work of French-Algerian author Albert Camus

Ben Eltham, National Affairs Correspondent for New Matilda came in to discuss federal politics, including the spill of the National Party’s leadership positions, as well as the resignation of the Greens Leader Richard Di Natale from the Senate, and the sports rorts scandal that finally claimed Bridget McKenzie’s Ministership; Philosopher Associate Professor Matthew Sharpe from Deakin University explores the subject of his upcoming lecture, on philosophy and evil which looks at the controversy surround Martin Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and his associations with anti-Semitic and Nazi ideology, as well as the ideas underpinning existentialism, stoicism, and the work of French-Algerian author Albert Camus; plus, Dr Alexandra Phelan, Faculty Research Instructor at Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security on the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan that continues to spread across China and the world, and the public health and human rights implications of the outbreak. 

Nasser Ayad is a French-Algerian 2d animator, illustrator, and graphic designer.He has been living in Halifax for a few years now, working as an animator, as well as pursuing his own projects as an independent director.Most recently he has both created and directed music videos for French artist, demi portion and the international artist Cesaria Evora. He has also done graphic work for Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, and Neale Donald Walsch.Check him out @nasserayadartSuper Heros (Music Video) - Demi Portion

We check off another genre from our remaking bucket list: French-Algerian political crime drama! Behold, part one of our episode on Z, an Academy Award-winning film telling a fictionalized version of an assassination and political cover-up. Come along for the ride in our three-wheeled pick-up! Intro question: Favorite foreign language film (of late or ever): […]

We check off another genre from our remaking bucket list: French-Algerian political crime drama! Behold, part one of our episode on Z, an Academy Award-winning film telling a fictionalized version of an assassination and political cover-up. Come along for the ride in our three-wheeled pick-up! Intro question: Favorite foreign language film (of late or ever): […]

Wynand De Beer, independent researcher and philosopher, specializing in Hellenic philosophy and Patristic theology, discusses philosophy; socio-political discourse; and metaphysics, the specific branch of philosophy that pertains to the nature of existence, being, and the world. De Beer is a member of the Russian Orthodox Church and he has written numerous articles for Orthodox publications and various websites, penned under his Orthodox name, Vladimir de Beer. He is the author of From Logos to Bios: Evolutionary Theory in Light of Plato, Aristotle, and Neoplatonism. De Beer discusses his thoughts on philosophical, socio-political, theological, and metaphysical issues. He explains that much of the mindset regarding issues of this nature has been lost due to rationalism, secular humanism, and materialism. He talks about the important works of others who have come before him, such as Albert Camus, the French Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist. De Beer talks in detail about some of the areas of his latest book, analyzing big issues from various chapters, from well being and love, to good vs evil, to consciousness, and the three manifestations of consciousness. Digging deeper, De Beer provides an analysis of gender, as it relates to our current and historical interpretations. He states that the traditional understanding of man and woman, male and female, must function as polar opposites in order to constitute the reality that we live in. He provides an interesting account of the views on feminism, and the militant forms of feminism, and male chauvinism… all of which must be rejected as wrong, as they present an imbalanced view. There is no subordination or domination he states. De Beer explains that the views and function of gender and sexuality, etc. are often taken to the extreme, perhaps as a form of rebellion, but ultimately too extreme. De Beer continues, discussing the details of other areas of his book, including a salient discussion on modern liberalism. He discusses his views on the immortality of the soul, referencing early Greek mythology from significant voices such as Plato.  The influential author and philosopher provides further details on his thoughts on politics and conflict. He discusses his next book, currently titled, Origins, and expounds upon some of the topics he will touch upon in the upcoming work. In this podcast: An overview of metaphysics What would Plato do: various thoughts on the great philosopher Man vs Woman: the gender divide  

Brian Bruening lives in the northeast Iowa community of Elkader, where he is the owner and head chef at Schera’s Algerian American Restaurant, which he established together with his French-Algerian husband, Frederique Boudouani. A native of New Hampton, Iowa, Brian spent several years in Boston, Massachusetts, where he received a BA in English at Boston University and an MFA in poetry at Emerson College. In this episode, he shares what it was like growing up gay in the rural Midwest, and why he and Federique chose to move back, believing small town Iowans could appreciate unfamiliar flavors and cultures. Brian also talks about how poetry has helped him find his public voice in a region that values privacy, reflecting on the article he wrote for the Des Moines Register in response to the 2016 shooting at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

In this Magazine Programme, our Editor and Presenter, Mounira Chaieb features Kader Attia a French-Algerian artist who exhibits his work for the first time in the UK; The Exhibition is called “The Museum of Emotion”. He uses sculptures, collections, videos and photographs to show case the control put by western societies and how colonialism continues to shape how Western societies represent and engage with non-Western cultures and offers a passionate critique of modern Western systems of control that define everything from traditional museology to the design of modernist social housing’. The Artists captures moments experienced in the course of a precarious and difficult existence and explores strong emotions such as joy, fear and humiliation as a way of healing rather than a source of conflict. Photo:Kadar Attia/Facebook

How does one rebel ethically? Can revolution be ethical if it strives for the absolute ideals of justice and equality? What is the role of freedom and mortality in politics and our existential being within our experiences of capitalism? These and other questions are the subject of this week's episode as Comrade David joins us to read through The Rebel by the French-Algerian existentialist/absurdist philosopher and essayist, Albert Camus. As always with Comrade David, we also manage to relate rebellion and absurdist philosophy to comics, Ariana Grande, and the occult with a healthy dose of shit-talking along the way. Yeet. Yeet. Further Reading/References Analysis and Summary of The Rebel Albert Camus Biography  Absurdist Philosophy Krushchev's Speech to the 20th Congress of the CPSU The Algerian War The Myth of Sisyphus  Marquis de Sade  Latreamont Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own The Frankfurt School Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom Daryl Davis and Talking with KKK Members Podcast and Summary of Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death ------------------------------------------------ Email us at redlibrarypodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes  Click here to support Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

When Apple invited me to do a live podcast in their Dubai Mall store for International Women’s Day, I immediately thought of bringing Sharene and Morrad on the show. I love that this couple defies numerous stereotypes, and that their values seemed aligned with those of Apple: innovation and execution. This husband and wife team have together started and sold multiple businesses from the US to Dubai to Malaysia… All while raising 6 children.  Sharene Lee is a Singaporean Chinese who I KNOW is always smiling under her niqab. She had founded and sold 2 businesses in Los Angeles and Paris before her 25th birthday. Morrad Irsane is French Algerian. Having been raised in a family of 13 children, buying and selling second-hand has always been a way of life; so much so that Morrad’s illiterate mother built a thriving business on this trade, and eventually was able to afford a 13-bedroom house in Algeria. Inspired by his mother’s entrepreneurship journey, Morrad modeled their latest business venture on his mother’s – but made it digital. In 2014, Sharene and Morrad cofounded Melltoo, a secondhand e-commerce platform that connects buyers and sellers and focuses on a triple bottom line: people, planet and profit. We discussed a variety of things: from Morrad’s hand-me-downs to his mother’s entrepreneurial success. I asked about the couple’s coffee shop in a dodgy part of Los Angeles, how they furnished it for free and used the Los Angeles Police Dept as a marketing tool! We talked about exiting businesses at the right price. I asked about their large family and I loved Sharene’s tip that the best tool for a better life is “lower expectations”! Finally, the pair disagreed on entrepreneurship, whether it is a learned skill or something you are born with. What do you think? If you would like to learn more, please head to the Melltoo website. This episode was recorded live in the Dubai Mall Apple Store as a Today @ Apple event, so you may hear babies, mobile phones or sound chops from time to time! A huge thank you to Lubna, Rob and the Apple team for hosting us. Finally, please remember wherever you are to subscribe to the podcast, and do rate and review it when you can. Thank you!

Declan Devine finally completed his signings with the addition of Gianni Seraf, a French-Algerian who has played in the Greek Super League Interview Patrick Cooke

We visit a French-Algerian political thriller from 1969. It also happens to be a bona fide classic that won a ton of awards, enjoyed great popularity, and even succeeded in markets where it was subtitled or dubbed. Neither of us has seen it before; both of us are glad our first encounter with it was on a cinema screen. We discuss its relevance to society today - the reason the mac is screening it, no doubt - the precision and economy of its editing and storytelling, its control of information, its title, its geographical setting, its surprising sense of humour, and indeed something we both found left rather a bad taste in the mouth. We also run down the eleven films from 1969 that outperformed it at the US box office, and José learns about The Stewardesses. Recorded on 14th January 2018.

Jacob L. Shapiro and Xander Snyder discuss what is and isn't important about the French elections and what is at stake for Europe. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: hubs.ly/H06mXwR0 TRANSCRIPT: Jacob L. Shapiro: Hello everyone, and welcome to another Geopolitical Futures podcast. This week I am joined by one of our new analysts, Xander Snyder. We're happy to have you Xander. Xander Snyder: Thanks, this will be fun. JLS: We're hoping to just have a conversation today about what's been going on in France, and I want to be conscious of not ascribing too much influence to Marine Le Pen and to the hysterics around the election itself because, as we often write at GPF, elections don't matter that much and individuals matter even less. But I think that this election in particular does say some very important things about what's going on in Europe right now. So just to kind of rehash for those who need rehashing of it, the French election happens in two rounds. So the first round is sort of a wide group of different parties and people, and if somebody gets 50 percent in the first round, they win, but that almost never happens. So the first round is to whittle it down to two people, and then in the second round you get two people who face off against each other in a runoff, and you go from there. So the first round this year was remarkable in the sense that none of the establishment candidates from establishment parties did particularly well. The two leading vote-getters were Emmanuel Macron who started his own new party, which is nominally progressive or centrist, it sort of depends on what day of the week it is how you want to describe it. And then Marine Le Pen who is the head of the National Front, which is a party that has been around since the '70s, which is considered a right-wing nationalist party. It's not the greatest way of describing it if you actually look at their platform, some of the economic policies might be described as more left wing. What's really “right wing” about them is their nationalism and what some people would call their racism, although I think that Marine Le Pen has tried very hard to purge the party of some of those more negative influences. The two other leading vote-getters were Fillon, who was sort of the conservative candidate that everybody thought was going to win and was beset by scandal after scandal such that he just couldn't get his momentum going, and Jean-Luc Melenchon, who was sort of the far-left Bernie Sanders of France who did much better than people thought. He got 19.6 percent of the vote but not enough to get to the second round. So that's where we are right now. The second round takes place on May 7 and really this is going to be a vote between in some ways a pro EU candidate and an anti-EU candidate. Le Pen has said she wants to renegotiate the relationship with the EU as soon as she gets in, and if there's not a successful renegotiation, she wants to put it to a referendum and hopefully leave. Macron is really promising policies more of the same. So one of the reasons this is so important to talk about, it's less because of France, more because of what this says about the state of Europe. So that's sort of where we are, right this second. Xander, I thought it might be a useful thing to start off by talking the tension between individuals and between geopolitics. I know that as somebody who has started recently with us and has been doing a lot of training on this, that it's sometimes hard to see the boundary there. How do you see the relationship between Le Pen and the French elections. XS: I think you wrote two pieces recently on what's going on in France. One was a Reality Check and the other was a Deep Dive that placed this election in greater geopolitical context and they're worth reading. I think an interesting distinction that you drew was whether or not Le Pen controls her constituency or her constituency controls her. And it's an important distinction because you say this could be the difference between the National Front becoming a reanimation of some of the really bad things that happened in 20th century Europe versus it just becoming a 21th century political party that's just trying to balance and find a way to essentially stay in power, which is why Le Pen has been exorcising some of the more radical elements of her party to try to get to where she is right now. So, I'd actually be curious just to start off to know a little bit more about what you meant by that distinction. Who's controlling who and why does that matter in a geopolitical sense? In a sense, that's greater than just the election. JLS: The reason that matters for me is because I am thinking about trying to define what was really bad about 20th century Europe and what really might have geopolitical significance. For me, in 20th century Europe, that was really the rise of fascism and the rise of totalitarianism. If you read a lot of the literature about totalitarianism in general, Hannah Arendt is the one I've studied most closely but these ideas are not specific to her. Totalitarianism and fascism and communism, even as Stalin used it, it was not about the man. The ideology sort of ended up privileging the role, but these were mass movements and you couldn't have the move towards totalitarianism and towards fascism if you hadn't had the creation of a mass movement. So in some ways, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, these people were spawns of these mass movements that broke down all previous ties and which created this new mystical sense of what the nation was. And it had some relationship to reality, but it also tried to break things apart so there wasn't Prussia and Bavaria and all the stuff anymore. There was the romantic Teutonic Knight marching around in the forest type stuff, and there were these ideas about in some cases purity. And all of these things that developed were a result of the mass movement itself. So when I say it matters whether Le Pen is leading her constituents or her constituents are leading her, it actually has nothing to do with Le Pen, nothing to do with what power she would or wouldn't have if she came into office. I think she would actually be more limited in carrying out some of her more radical policies that people don't like or people are vocal about not liking. But the real issue here is, is French society or are there parts of European society that are breaking down to the point where you can see the type of mass movement that happened in the 1930s and the early 1940s and had people gravitating towards these forms of government that ended up perpetrating all of these wars and all of these horrors that really Europe and most of the Western world has been afraid of since? Does that answer the question? XS: I think it does. It jumped out to me because I think it hints at a deeper issue in social sciences generally, which is teasing out causality when you can't do a double-blind study. It is very difficult, what's causing what. And so you get to this point where, for example, Le Pen and the National Front, it's difficult to tell if her actions are just a symptom of these trends you are talking about or if she has some degree of control over them. Which do you think it is? JLS: Well I think that Le Pen is a creation of her time and of her constraints. I mean, you can't think about Le Pen and not think about her father who is a Holocaust denier who really was the person who was in charge of putting the National Front on the map. You can't think about him and not think about his experiences in the French Algerian war. You can't think about the French Algerian war without thinking about France's history as an empire and its history of colonialism and its battles with Great Britain. You can't think about that stuff without thinking about Napoleon and the French Revolution and we're sort of right back at the beginning of all this stuff, right? So I think that Le Pen really is just an individual manifestation of a larger thing. There would be no Le Pen if there wasn't high unemployment in France and if there wasn't stagnant GDP growth in France and if it wasn't that in the northeast of France, a lot of the industrial production centers are suffering. They look across the border to Germany, and they see that Germany has historically low unemployment rates and that, thus far, the Germans have been spared from the major ramifications of the 2008 financial crisis. So I really do think that she is a creation of her time and a creation of her father and a creation of French geopolitics. And she is both enlivened by those things and completely restricted by them, and I think some of what Le Pen is doing is you can watch the individual try and strain against those things as much as possible. I mean, she kicked her own father out of the party. She's doing everything she can to purge the party of the parts that people might think are too radical because she is trying to be pragmatic. But A: She's going to have a hard time doing that, the second round polls if they are right say it's like a 62 to 38 margin. B: If she even got to power, we'd have to wait until legislative elections in June to see if she could even get some of the legislative support let alone the popular support for some of her approaches. And C: It's hard to forget who she is and who her father was and all of the things that they have said, and for a lot of people, that's not what it means to be French. So again, she's an interesting laboratory for thinking about what an individual can do and what the limits on an individual are. She's interesting because she's compelling and charismatic and in some ways able to articulate some of these issues better than anyone else. I think that's what makes her a powerful politician but I don't want to ascribe to her the force of a world historical person or somebody who by themselves is going to completely shape the way geopolitics is working. XS: Sure, it's not a juncture point per se, it is part of a larger trend. JLS: Yeah it's a much larger trend, and she's really just a small part in a much larger chapter. It's funny, I was being interviewed by an Australian newspaper a couple days ago and one of the things they asked me about Le Pen was they asked me if I thought the EU was going to fail. I sort of looked at the person strangely, and I said, look what does it mean for the EU to fail? From my perspective, it sort of already has. You've got the Hungarians and the Poles ignoring EU directives on refugees and migrants. You've got Britain saying sorry we're out, we don't want any part of this. The French themselves have been ignoring deficit rules from the EU for years. The Italians and Brussels are going back and forth on banking regulations and literally are fiddling while Rome is burning. So you have all these people ignoring EU directives. You have Germany sort of sitting there in it all in a very economically vulnerable situation. Le Pen is just one small chapter in this, and she represents the particular French chapter in this, which is an important one. France now is the second-largest economy in the EU, and in a lot of ways the EU was a French idea. It was them who wanted to build the EU to keep Germany where it was. To solve the problem that created all these wars in the European continent since 1870. So yeah she's a part of all of those things. She's a fairly small part of it and an interesting part of it. If she did come to power and if the National Front swept legislative elections, there might actually be something to say about this being in the immediate term important in the way that the EU demise carries out. But the demise is happening. It will happen with Le Pen or without Le Pen. If Macron sails into the presidency, I completely expect him to be equally blocked because France is very divided, and he'll have five years of status quo policies, and we'll be back here in 2022. We'll be talking about the same stuff and maybe Le Pen will even have a greater percentage of the vote. XS: So I think something that you mentioned a minute ago will give us kind of opportunity to dive in just a little bit more into how Geopolitical Futures thinks about the world. You kind of describe this person who is straining against all these domestic political pressures and just trying to figure just what options she actually has. Now at Geopolitical Futures, one of the things that we really focus on is this idea of constraints. We believe that people end up in power, parties end up in power because they are effective at understanding what steps they need to take to get there, right? And there's only so many options once they're there that they can take. So what we try to do a lot of the time is understand what those options are, what those constraints are and go from there, and that's what lets us have a little bit more insight into just describing the situation. What sort of constraints do you see Le Pen or Macron facing following the election that either would face regardless of who wins? JLS: Look either one of them is going to be stuck with a very difficult economic situation that has been building up over time, and I am not convinced that either one of them has the policies in their toolkit to solve it, and that's not an indictment of either of them. I just think that it's a particularly difficult structural situation that they're in, and it's not something that's going to be solved overnight. The problem is that it's a problem that has been developing for so long that people's patience is probably not in line with the things that have to be done to fix 10 percent unemployment and 25 percent youth unemployment and stagnant GDP growth and all these other things for a couple years. On the actual legislative level, again Macron's party is brand new. The National Front has made some headway but, in the last legislative elections, ended up not taking that many seats because the other parties banded together against them to keep them out. Le Pen has said she wants to take France out of the E.U. It's not exactly clear how that works. She could call a referendum, although either the court or the Parliament has to approve that step so it's not like she can just do it herself. Its less clear – does she need the approval of the population in some way to do it? Does she not? That's an open question. So those are all technical constraints in what they are doing. And then the broader constraints are that there was an internal logic to the EU. We've written a lot and George Friedman, who is our chairman and founder, has written a lot about the inherent, illogical nature of the EU in the sense that it wasn't quite completely taking everyone's sovereignty, but it still wanted to take a little bit of it away. But there was a logic behind the EU: It was this idea of, what is Germany's role in Europe going to be? There was this sense that if you could get Germany into an economic block that was beneficial for it, you would basically be controlling Germany's imperatives, and Germany's imperatives have always been to spread out over the Continent. That's what has really been the approximate geopolitical issue in Europe, basically since German unification in the late 19th century. Is a French president or if France leaves the EU, are they just going to ignore that or are they just going to run away from that? What is their relationship with Germany going to be from now on? Who is France going to trade with? What are the implications of the economy going to be if you start breaking those things down? Can the French really come back with a currency that quickly? These are all the sort of difficult constraints that make things happen now, and one other thing I would just throw on there is that the inertia is also a very powerful force. Brussels has been there for a long time. I think one of the reasons that George often says that he doesn't expect the EU to collapse, he sort of just expects it to go away into obsolescence, where they might still have meetings and they might still issue directives but everybody will kind of ignore them. We'll wake up one day and people will realize, ok there's an EU, but there's not really an EU. So I think those are all parts of constraints that both Macron and Le Pen face. In that sense, they're probably more similar to each other than they are to anyone else in France. XS: A metaphor that we've used before that I think is apt is that the EU has essentially allowed France post World War II to, like you said, control Germany's directives to a degree, keep them in a cage because there is this institution in which Germany has become essentially the most at least economically powerful country, but France is powerful military lets them play an outsized role in that institution as well. So looking beyond the elections, looking beyond what's going to happen in the next month or two, what are and what have France's historical imperatives on the Continent been, and how do they develop as the EU becomes a weaker institution? JLS: That's an interesting question. I would say that one of the things you have to think about in terms of France and Germany's relationship is that the EU was also built around a divided Germany, and one of the things we often talk about and write about is that a lot of these institutions that exist, exist because of inertia, what I was talking before about inertia. NATO is an anti-Soviet alliance. The EU's aim was partly to contain Germany, was partly also anti-Soviet, was about rebuilding Europe. But the EU also contained western Germany, right? Like for most of the EU and its predecessors, what we're talking about here is Germany that is divided into west and east. In some ways, the German model gets completely upended at German unification. Nobody was expecting the Soviet Union to fall, nobody was expecting German unification on that quick a scale. And once Germany unified, it set in motion an inevitable set of circumstances that lead us to this point where France and Germany are coming at each other with cross purposes. It was easier for France to deal with a Germany that was cut in half than it was for France to deal with a Germany that was whole even when Germany had to go through, you know, the economic struggles of reintegrating the east into it. So I mean, going forward on the Continent Germany and France have always been the two dominant players. The thing that I would say is Germany has large economic problems, demographic issues, internal issues in terms of people thinking about, well, Germany wasn't always Germany. It only unified in the 1870s. Is there any chance that some of the separatism that we've seen in other parts of Europe might come to Germany? France also I sort of look on as not necessarily a declining power but one which is really internally focused which has major domestic issues. They are not exactly about to go adventuring all over the place. You're right that they do have a powerful military, but it's pretty much maxed out right now with their deployments fighting ISIS in the Middle East and the stuff that they're doing in Mali and North Africa. I think this really gets to a shift in European history in the sense that what happens in the west will be less important than what happens in the east. When I look at Europe right now, the really dynamic economies and the really dynamic things that are happening in Eastern Europe. When you look at what's happening in Hungary, when you look at what's happening in Poland, you know I think that's the place where the future of Europe is really going to be decided. And that might sound a little bit strained, especially since we are so used to thinking about Germany and France being the main contenders on the Continent. But I really do see a much weaker Germany than we've had before, a weaker France that is much more inwardly facing. And when you have a weak Germany, when you have a weak Russia, there have been periods where Poland sort of rises and where these Eastern European powers have their day. So I think we're thinking about what the EU and what Europe is going to look like 10, 20, 30 years from now. In some ways, it's not so important whatever argument the French have with themselves about what it means to be French. In some ways, what's more important is what's happening in Eastern Europe, what is the relationship going to be between east and west, what is the relationship between a declining Germany and a declining Russia going to look like, how is France going to deal with that, how is the U.K. going to get involved. Those are some of the questions that I would see. But I would turn that question around on you Xander. How do you think about the future of the EU 20, 30 years out, considering some of the things we've talked about? XS: Yeah, I think something that we've written about that gives some insight into what's going to happen is this idea of nationalism, which isn't necessarily a good or a bad thing. I'm not ascribing a value judgement to it. But as we see the EU grow weaker, as we see Brussels increasingly issuing these orders that no one pays attention to, the idea of identity has crept back into politics in the EU in a powerful way. People are trying to understand their role in the EU, or well on the European continent, and as that trend progresses, I think we're going to see more attachment to national identity, and that could go a couple different ways. But this idea of multilateralism that has really prevailed in this period following World War II up until today. I think we'll sort of fade out as a period in history. Now how that impacts geopolitical interests on the Continent, I mean I guess you can argue that the existence of multilateral institutions don't ultimately change things. But as European countries begin to focus more inwardly on their own country, I think we will see a greater focus on national interest rather than continental interests, which is really what the focus had been, especially during the Cold War when Europe fell under the umbrella of U.S. protection. So I think we will see a refocusing on what it means to be French, for example, and therefore what is good for the French. JLS: Yeah I guess one of the things I would push back a little and just say that I don't think it's that multilateral institutions are not important, they can be very important. The deeper issue there is that the multilateral institutions have to have some kind of mission and some kind of purpose. And I think that, and this is one of the things also that France in particular helps articulate, which is that you know multilateralism and international institutions and all of these things were a big part of what happened in 2008. And I think people have a difficult time separating 2008 from the way that financial crisis spread across the world globally because everybody was so exposed to each other. Particularly in Europe, where a lot of these countries didn't have control over things like currency that most nation-states do because they are all tied into the E.U. They didn't have some of the tools that were necessary or the tools that most nation-states have at their disposal to respond to some of the economic problems. So the question then becomes, is there a purpose or is there some kind of ideological construct in which multilateral institutions can once again be seen as useful? I think one of the main reasons Le Pen has risen as far as she has in France is that nobody else really has any good policies or any good vision of what's going on. We talked a lot about constraints, and I am not saying that somebody needs a policy that's going to work, but I am saying that the opposing side needs to present some sense of confidence that it knows what it's doing and that it has a potential solution that it can produce. When I look at somebody like Macron, I described him in one of my pieces as an empty suit. I think you actually commented that I was judging him unfairly or that I wasn't being objective and I responded back to you, no, I am actually being objective. I have no idea what Macron stands for and most French citizens that I have talked to that are my friends also don't know what he stands for. He's called himself a progressive. Other people call him a centrist. I don't think that it makes much sense, you know being a moderate is actually, that means something. When you call someone a moderate, you are not saying they don't have any positions or that they're some kind of equal distance between one position and another position. Moderation is a particular kind of outlook on the world and can articulate in meaningful ways and approaches to problems that can give confidence. So I think the challenge for those who would favor multilateral institutions and for those who would  favor a less narrow definition of the national interest especially in terms of economics and in terms of refugees and things like this, they have to somehow articulate solutions to the problems in a way that, A: projects confidence, and B: actually takes into account people in their own nation-state. A lot of times now I feel like nationalists have their solution, and it might be an imperfect one but at least they have a point. They have talking points and you know who Le Pen is and you know what you're going to get from Le Pen each time, whereas the others you don't really know what they stand for, what they would do if they got into office or whether they have any confidence that what they would do if they got into office would work in the first place. So I don't actually expect nationalism to always be as dominant as it is without any other ideological challenger. I certainly think it's winning the day right now, and I expect it to be very different going forward. But at a certain point, there's going to have to be some kind of political opposition to it. I am not sure what that looks like eventually, but I don't think it's just going to be all nationalism, all the time. I think the thing that nationalism has done though is that it has redefined the conversation towards the working class, the middle class. At a certain point, this becomes class based and not necessarily nation based because the people who are voting for these parties and are voting for the nationalist message are people who have gotten screwed over by the current economy and who the elites have just paid no attention to. The gulf between them is getting wider and wider, and so they turn to things like nationalism and patriotism because those are ideas that can give them pride and give them a way of articulating what the problem is. That was a little long winded but you started with multilateral institutions and sort of how I would respond to it. XS: Yeah I think that makes sense, I mean if you look at the impacts of the 2008 financial crisis. A lot of people all over the world saw that what had been effectively policy for a couple of decades really utterly failed them. So the question has been asked, well what's good for me? And the question that can follow that is, well who am I? Am I a European, am I middle class, American, who do I identify with and what does that imply in terms of policies that are going to be effective for my group, right? So I think that is certainly one of the trends that we're seeing brought out more clearly in this French election but also certainly in the U.S. and over the last couple of years. JLS: Well yeah, and this is actually one of the ways in which the distinction between right wing and left wing breaks down because really when we're talking about somebody like Le Pen or the National Front or any of these nationalist parties. What they're doing is they're defining the nation in a narrower sense. They want certain people to be excluded from the nation, they want there to be a very high barrier, a high bar in terms of what it takes to become a part of the nation. Once you are a part of the nation though, in a lot of ways they want the economic and security and political benefits that are afforded to you to be much more than most traditional right wing or liberal things would think of. That's why, when I say that if you read Le Pen's platform, if you read some of the policies of the National Front, you might expect them more in the far-left's positions. I mean, one of the things that Jean-Luc Melenchon shared with Le Pen was that he also wanted to take France out of the EU. So if you had elected this “far-right” candidate in Le Pen, not elected but if Le Pen had gotten through and Melenchon had gotten through, you would've had two anti-EU candidates, right? They would've been on completely different spectrums and the difference between them wouldn't have even been in terms of getting into the EU. It would've been… I am not actually sure, the difference would've I guess been on how to define the French nation and how France would deal with defining Frenchness. But again, I am just trying to tease out how this is a lot more complicated than people are making it out to be and the dividing lines that we had before are really stripping away. XS: Why does that matter? Why does it matter what Frenchness is? Because I think that on some level that's really the crux of the problem. We've certainly come back to this idea in our written pieces, but why is that aspect of identity playing such an outsized role now? JLS: Yeah I think about that sometimes, and I think that this is an important place to talk about the difference between a nation and nationalism. And so nationalism is an ideology. The nation is really a group of people who share a certain thing common. There are a lot of different definitions for it, but let's say a common language or ethnicity even principles can define a nation sometimes. It can be a very broad definition. I think one of the reasons nationalism as an ideology, as an organizing principle for how to govern, I think one of the reasons it's so effective is because it leverages something that is very real, which is the nation. There really wasn't nationalism, we can't speak about nationalism before the 17th and 18th centuries, but we can certainly speak about nations before the 17th and 18th centuries. So I think the point about, you know you asked what does it mean to or why is it important that you have to define what the nation is. I think that in some ways the reason that it's important is because nationalism has really won the day as a governing ideology. Nation-state is almost a synonym for state these days, and most countries in the world, not all of them but most, are nation-states. And people think in terms of the nation-state and nationalism as an organizing principle sort of, I mean they've accepted it without really thinking about it, without even really knowing it. Partly because you know it's responding to something real, and at that point if that's how you're going to organize things then defining who is in the nation is going to become incredibly important. And this has been important in different points throughout European history and throughout the history of nations and nationalism in general. I mean, the French Revolution – and you know more about the French revolution than I do I think Xander – but I mean the beginning of the French Revolution began with defining the nation, right? And the Third Estate had to define a vision of the nation and the way they defined it was everybody who was in the Third Estate was in the nation. So the aristocracy, maybe some of the clergy, were not going to be considered part of it because it became more important to talk about equality. One of the reasons equality becomes one of the defining things that the French Revolution pushes for is because of the way that the French society is structured beforehand and because of the particular economic things that they are responding to. So I think it's important, and I think that people are thinking about it because they are trying to figure out how to respond to problems. And if you are a government, you have to know who you're responsible for taking care of, who you are responsible for defending. So if you are the president of France, whether you are Le Pen or Macron, you have to have a sense in your mind of who it's your job to protect. For Le Pen, she's saying very clearly, I am sorry, it's very sad about these refugees and these migrants who don't have a home, that doesn't mean that I have to protect them. My job would be to be the president of France and to protect France, and I will protect France. And maybe protecting France means that I just can't let everybody in as much as I would want to and as much as, you know, it's a sad situation that they're in. So you know that's how she wants to define the nation, and because of that definition she pursues certain policies and people gravitate towards her because they feel, I don't know, that their society is under threat or their job opportunities are under threat. You know, now we're talking about the things that make it convincing. But I think that's why people are thinking so much about this because before you connect policies, you have to know who the policies are meant for. XS: Yeah and I think the example of the French Revolution is actually another nice example of constraints in action, right? Because if we think about how the French Revolution is romanticized – the phrase liberte, egalite, fraternite, that comes to mind – is this idea of these higher moral principles that were driving this big, this really critically important event in history. But, you know, you mentioned the Third Estate and identity. The reason that that group of individuals appealed to that idea of equality is because they were trying to gain political power to push back against essentially what was an increase in taxes that the nobility wasn't going to have to incur to the same degree, that was exacerbated by a food shortage, a crisis, due to a bad harvest. And so it's not like I mean some of these people probably had higher moral principles, but that framing would never have existed if those people were not stuck in that situation trying to solve that problem, so it's just another example of constraints. JLS: Yeah and I think one of the things to think about here is – and this one of the things that makes the United States different than those European countries and I know that Trump is in the same vein as Brexit and Le Pen but I also sort of think of him as separate because I can't really speak about the United States as a nationalist entity. And one of the reasons I have a hard time thinking about nationalism in the United States is because, first of all, you can't say the United States nation, that sounds kind of awkward, you sort of have to say the American nation. But the American nation really sprouts up out of nothing, and I shouldn't say nothing, right? Because what happens is you get a bunch of immigrants who come to the United States and fight wars or wipe out the native population. Point being that they haven't been here for time and memorial, you know? Like the United States was founded in 1776, and there weren't really people of the group that founded the United States there for much longer before it. Whereas when you are dealing with France, you are dealing with – and you know there wasn't always a France, certainly if you go back thousands of years, there's different iterations. If you are even talking about France around the Enlightenment, there's still different languages, there is no harmonized French system. But you are still dealing with people where there's a very deep and serious tie between the blood and between the land. This is one of the things that used to be in a lot of National Front discourse, which was that there is an innate relationship between your blood and between your land, and it's tied in this very particular way. So one of the interesting things to me about Trump is that he is, you know, putting America first and he's making America great again, but I think there is a real difference between what he's talking about and between what's happening in France because Trump can't make the same appeals to American nationalists that I think someone like a Le Pen in France or even, you know, the Brexit people in Britain can make to a British nation or to a French nation. When Trump was out there, what won Trump his election was connecting with working-class and middle-class voters and making them feel like they had a champion, like he was going to be their champion. A number of them were white I think, and that obviously plays into, that's maybe a counter to some of the things that I am saying. But again, I think that Trump had to be much more class based about it whereas in a country like France, in a country like Great Britain or even in a country like Germany, yes a lot of it is economic based and a lot of it is class based, but there's also this other element that just isn't there in the United States. XS: And that's because these countries have had so much more history shaped by geopolitical constraints to form these concepts of identity, is that what you're saying? JLS: It is, although I think one of the ironic things about that is, and I sort of, we talked about this a little bit at the beginning when we were talking about totalitarianism and fascism and how the mass movement creates this sort of mystical idealized version of the nation. Yes, all these countries do have longer histories and can go back further in time. At the same time though, like I said earlier, nationalism is really, we're talking about the 17th and 18th century so yes they go back in time and there is this conception of this relationship between the land and the people going back thousands of years and on a certain level its true. But even that is sort of constructive, right? It's maybe got a few extra hundred years in the hopper so maybe that's why it's more deeply felt. But, we're over and over talking about the same thing. I do think there is some difference though in the sense that the French can't remember a time when they weren't in France, whereas it's part of the American narrative or myth about itself that it got here and it was people fleeing from something and they wanted to create something based around principles rather than a shared type of nation. So yeah, that's sort of what I mean about that. XS: So I think that kind of lets us all tie it together and the last thought that I want to bring up is actually what you pointed out in your recent Reality Check, which I suggest people go take a look at, it's called “Declaration of the Rights of France.” It's at the end and rather you call out a conflict in the French constitution, I think it's in Articles 1 and 3, one of which is the idea of universalism and the right and equality of all men everywhere. And then later on that same page, there's this idea that the state, the nation needs to have sovereignty in order to enforce the rights of individuals in that state. So, one is rights of people in that state, the other is rights of people everywhere, right? And I think that kind of speaks to the distinction between nationalism and the nation that you're talking about. JLS: I would just jump in and say, it's actually not the constitution which tells you something about France. It's the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which is one of the great documents that comes out of the French Revolution, but it's not the French constitution. In the same way that the Declaration of Independence is not the American constitution, right? It's separate. And Article 1 does say men are born and will remain equal in rights, and then Article 3 says that the principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. So the first thing the French Revolution does is say, there are free and equal rights that everyone has by virtue of being a human being, right? And one of the things the French Revolution does is it declares this freedom and this equality for everyone as such just for being a human being, just for existing and breathing and being there. And within two articles, it gives that freedom away by saying all of this sovereignty is in the nation. And I think the reasons it does that is because it is impractical, it doesn't work to have everybody just being completely free all the time with no accountability with nothing. This goes back to Hobbes– it's life is nasty, brutish and short and the state of nature is not a fun thing – and Aristotle – man is a political animal, we come together because if we don't come together, there's going to be chaos and it's going to be nuts. So at the opening salvo of the French Revolution is that everyone is equal and it realizes very quickly that that's not going to work. I think that's true of most of the world's democracies, and it is really the tension within world democracy because the principles of the Enlightenment were this idea of, you know, you have rights and freedoms as a human being by virtue of being a human being and that got married to nationalism as it arose.   They were almost two separate ideas. You had liberalism, sort of classically defined, and you had nationalism. And they came together, and they made the nation-state. That was what the marriage of those two things looked like. And they want to be able to have their cake, which is everybody is free by virtue of being a person, and yet they want to eat it too because they want everybody to have their own nation and their own right to their own nation. That sounds perfectly wonderful in principle, but in practice it gets a little bit difficult, right? Because if you're going to accept that hook, line and sinker, then Catalonia should have a nation if they want a nation. And Scotland should have a nation if they want a nation. And what do you do if you have two nations, let's say Israel and Palestine, who claim the same land and can create, you know, claims that maybe one side won't respect the other side's claims, but let's say both can present some kind of historical basis for their claim to a certain part of land, and it's the same land. What are you going to do? Are you going to divide the land up? What does your men are born and remain free and equal rights tell you to do when two different men claim the same land and that's sort of what Article 3 does, right? It says that, ok, sure we're all equal but the nation-state exists to protect that freedom and the nation-state means you give up some of your sovereignty to the nation-state because the nation-state is going to protect those freedoms for you within a defined limit. It's Churchill who said, I forget exactly what the quote is, but he's talking about democracy and it's the worst form of government except all the others. You know, liberal democracy is sort of like that – it's not perfect. It has all of these inner tensions, but I think the danger comes in anybody who thinks that it's only about the nation. And then I think there's also an equal danger in anybody that thinks it is only about the principle because if you are a radical in either direction and if you can't split the difference, you're not living within the liberal democracy because the liberal democracy is a compromise between two ideas that together on the surface don't exactly fit. XS: So I think what ties it all together for me is the idea that ideology does not really by itself drive major world events. It certainly, as an idea, spurs men and women to action, but the idea that there are power imbalances and circumstances, political realities that shape those ideologies. At the same time that there's an interplay between them both, I think is fundamental to how we look at the world. We try to understand the reality of the situation in addition to what people are saying. JLS: Yeah I think that's exactly right and I hope that as we get into the second round of French elections – it's sort of the year of elections, right? We're going to have British elections this year, we're going to have German elections this year, who knows what other stuff is going to pop up. I hope that – and I am sure we will be talking about these in some depth as we go both in terms of our writing and also on the podcast, but I think one thing as people think about these elections, if you want to think about things through the way we're thinking about them, just listen to what Xander just said. I mean it's not really about the election. The election tells you that something important is happening, and it gives you some data points to explore for what's important that's happening, but it's not the election and the selection of the person itself. It's not about Merkel, it's not about Le Pen, it's not about Theresa May any more than it was really about Hitler or Stalin or Roosevelt. Those were all people who met the challenges of their time and were defined by the challenges that they faced not by their personal opinions on what they needed to happen. The same will happen in the 21st century, so the only way I think it's fair to make a comparison between those two time periods right now at least as I see it is to talk about how the leaders then and the leaders now are not free actors. They are constrained and defined by the things that exist around them, and they are expressions of things underneath them. They're not shaping history themselves, they are as much a part of being shaped by it as all of us have been shaped by it. So I think we'll wrap up there. So Xander this was fun. We should do this again. This was a long one and I hope people enjoy it, but if people think it's too long or if you have questions that we didn't answer, if you have suggestions for any other topics, you can just write in to us at comments@geopoliticalfutures.com. You can also just visit us at geopoliticalfutures.com to read our stuff, and we'll see you out there next week.

Among the women that history overlooked are Yelena Malyutina, Queen Muhumuza, Dame Janet Vaughan, Rosalind Franklin, Nazma Akter, Sizani Ngubane, Salika Amara, Mercedes Doretti and Morfydd Owen. This special edition of The History Hour explores the lives and achievements of women scientists, fighters, musicians and trade unionists. Yelena Malyutina served in the women's bomber regiment in the Soviet Airforce during World War II. She was hit by anti-aircraft fire but managed to land her plane and survive internal injuries. Queen Muhumuza was an anti-colonial rebel leader in modern-day Southern Uganda. She and her supporters fought the British, the Germans and the Belgians during the early 20th Century. Dame Janet Vaughan was a doctor and scientist, and expert in blood diseases who worked in London in the mid-20th Century. Rosalind Franklin was a chemist who contributed to the discovery of the DNA double-helix. Her colleagues James Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel prize for medicine for this work after her death. Nazma Akter is a trade union organiser in the garments industry in Bangladesh. She remembers the terrible factory fire that first shocked her into union activism back in December 1990. Sizani Ngubane founded the Rural Women's Movement in South Africa 20 years ago to help protect women's access to vital farming land. Salika Amara is a French Algerian theatre director. She takes us back to the 1970s in Paris when she staged her first play about the lives of immigrant women. Mercedes Doretti is a forensic anthropologist who has dedicated her life to uncovering the evidence of human rights atrocities. Morfydd Owen was a young Welsh composer who died in 1918. Her compositions have been rediscovered and published, and performed for the first time. With guests Professor Jane Humphries of Oxford University and Dr Amrita Shodhan, from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Image: Group of women, Credit: Thinkstock

Gather ‘round, True Believers. We’re getting all geeked up for the Rose City Comic Con, Sept 10–11. It’s always a hot ticket, given the critical mass of comics creators making their home around these parts now, but we were especially charmed by this year’s crop.Image Comics Moving to Portland - 1:10We start things off with some breaking news. Rumors have been flying that we were the first to confirm: Image Comics is moving to Portland. Image is the third largest publisher in the industry with annual sales around $50 million. Relocating is kind of a no-brainer, given the pool of high-powered Image creators already living here. We explore what sets Image apart (and makes it a prime team-up with Portland), before sitting down for an exclusive interview with the company’s publisher, Eric Stephenson.Bandette Steals Hearts, Jewels, Awards - 10:53The husband and wife creative team of Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover are getting ready to publish “The House of the Green Mask,” the third volume of their effervescent creation, “Bandette.” The series won two Eisner awards for best digital comics series in 2013 and this year. Bandette is a pert, teen-aged thief living a barely-closeted life of crime — the Audrey Hepburn of master thieves. She steals to delight herself, leaping across the rooftops of the city to tweak the noses and egos of the real bad guys. We talk with Tobin and Coover about the pleasures of fleshing out the world around a different kind of action heroine.Blast Off For Bitch Planet - 19:07Kelly Sue DeConnick is riding high with a comic series she created that made a lot of best-of-the-year lists for 2015, and continued going strong this year. “Bitch Planet” is about an all-female, interstellar prison colony in a not-too-distant future. Society sends women there for a variety of crimes — collectively categorized as non-compliance. We talk to Kelly about how she handles the series’ satirical edge, and chat with artist Taki Soma, who did a single-issue story for the series last winter. If you like what you hear in this week’s show, the extended version is right here on our Soundcloud feed.The Loveliest Horror Story of the Year - 27:30Portland comic book artist Tyler Crook and writer Cullen Bunn are behind the series “Harrow County,” a tale of a gentle teenage girl named Emmy, whose coming-of-age is overshadowed by her realization that she’s connected to a deceased witch named Hester Beck and a wide range of ghosts and spirits. We talk to Crook and Bunn about the gorgeous watercolors and heavy psychodrama they use to bring the story to life. “Harrow County” was nominated for an Eisner award for Best New Series, and it’s been optioned for development as a TV series on Syfy Channel.Comic City USA - 38:09Oregon’s comic book community is part of a much wider mosaic of creative work — animation, political cartooning, comic strips. Think Out Loud recently talked to some of the minds behind the Oregon Historical Society’s new exhibition covering artists in all these disciplines, Comic City USA. We hear from long-time creators on the Portland scene Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett and OHS curator Lori Erickson. You can hear the entire conversation here.Good Guys Win: Ibrahim Moustafa - 43:08We listen back to our February interview with artist Ibrahim Moustafa. He’s racking up a string of solid titles, including his widely-read Himalayan thriller, “High Crimes”, with Chris Sebela. He also shares some news about his brand-new series for Stela Comics — a spy thriller called “Jaeger”, about a French-Algerian agent hunting down Nazis in a post-World-War-II setting. Stella series are designed specifically for smart phones, which posed new kinds of challenges.

Eyes Full of Empty (Unnamed Press)From France’s hottest young crime writer, comes a hardboiled noir with the pace of a Chandler novel and the French Algerian literary legacy of Camus.Idir is not your typical Parisian detective. The son of an Algerian immigrant who made good, Idir’s middle class upbringing places him at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to his rich friends from university, while his street smarts make him just intimidating enough to handle the secret problems of Paris’s elite. Put another way, Idir knows precisely how much pressure to exert on behalf of his wealthy clients, while keeping things low profile. That is, until Oscar Crumley, a powerful media mogul, hires Idir to find his missing younger half-brother, Thibaut. Sent on a wild goose chase through highs and lows of the Paris underground, Idir must navigate upper crust treachery and entrenched criminal rings to discover the truth. Echoing the headlong impulsiveness of Chandler’s Marlowe, and deftly translated by Edward Gauvin, Eyes Full of Emptyintroduces us to an entirely new kind of Parisian mystery.Jěrěmie Guez was born in Paris in 1988 and has been hailed as the rising star of contemporary French noir. His two previous novels, Balanceě dans les cordes and Paris la unit, were awarded the 2013 SNCF du Polar and 2012 Plume Libre prizes, respectively. Eyes Full of Empty is the highly anticipated first English translation of Jěrěmie Guez’s work. He lives in Paris.Edward Gauvin is a prolific translator and the recipient of numerous awards. His work has been featured most recent ly inThe New York Times, Tin House, Best European Fiction 2014, PEN America, Words Without Borders, and Gigantic, among others. He lives in San Jose, CA. James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the L.A. Quartet: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz,and the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s A Rover. These seven novels have won numerous honors and were international best sellers. His newest novel, Perfidia, is the first novel of the Second L.A. Quartet, Ellroy’s fictional history of Los Angeles during World War II. 

with Sarah Steinhosted by Alma HeckmanCrosslisted from tajineThe 1870 Crémieux Decree extended French citizenship to most, but not all, of Algeria's Jewish population. The Jews of the M'zab Valley were excluded from this legislation. As Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein explains in this episode, this was due to a complex web of historical confluences including the chronology of conquest, shifting military and administrative structures for French Algerian rule, and perceptions of Jewish, Arab and Berber indigeneity. This story, while anchored in the local, participates in wider discussions of international Jewish philanthropies, decolonization, citizenship, belonging and marginality amid rapidly shifting global conditions.« Click for More »

Anything can happen in Paris, like running into a French Algerian guy who can beatbox the French national anthem. On this edition of B-Side from May 2008, Host Tamara Keith and Rene Gutel wander the streets of Paris exploring the themes of voice and identity.

On 17 October 1961, French police turned against Algerian demonstrators in Paris. Some were shot, others drowned in the Seine. For years the killings were not acknowledged. We hear from one man whose sister died that day. (Photo: Demonstrators, arrested during a march by between 20,000 and 30,000 pro-Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) Algerians, are seen in a bus on October 17, 1961 in Paris. French police attacked the illegal but peaceful demonstration.) (Credit AFP/Getty Images)