The satirical title targeted in an Islamist attack 10 years ago published a racist, sexist caricature of me that speaks volumes about its values
The day before Christmas Eve, just as France readied it…
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Rokhaya Diallo
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Poor Nicolas Sarkozy. His hardline views on crime and punishment have come back to bite him ⊖⊖⊖
The former French president zealously promoted a zero-tolerance penal system. Luckily for him, his prison visitors include powerful friends
Twenty years ago, a tragic event changed the direction of my…
4 months ago
The Louvre raid was audacious - but nothing compared to the heist our political class just pulled off | Rokhaya Diallo ⊕
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The theft of the crown jewels is another blow to national prestige, but far greater is the threat of a monarchical president hoarding power against voters’ wishes
The world is now gripped by the spect…
5 months ago
France should have recognised Palestinian statehood years ago. The cynic in me asks: why now? | Rokhaya Diallo ○
Weakened domestically, Emmanuel Macron wants an international legacy. Yet still, he does nothing to sanction Israel
When Emmanuel Macron announced that France intended to recognise Palestinian stateho…
Macron has defied the will of the people. He leaves the French public no choice but to Block Everything | Rokhaya Diallo ○
The president they call Jupiter has repeatedly shown utter disregard for the public voice at the ballot box. No wonder we are taking to the streets
The protests that rocked France this week did not co…
6 months ago
Footballer, journalist, fashionista: whatever French Muslims do, we’re treated as the enemy within | Rokhaya Diallo ○
Ministers have accused us of ‘infiltration’ and posing ‘a threat to national cohesion’. They’re old racist tropes given a dangerous new life
Being a Muslim in a country with a long colonial histor…
7 months ago
I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes? ○
A biopic of Frantz Fanon and other remarkable new movies are finding success via social media, yet remain invisible at the big film festivals
France’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was …
9 months ago
A worshipper is murdered in a French mosque. How can this be ‘just another crime’? | Rokhaya Diallo ○
Islamophobia is rampant in France. Official denial, even of the word itself, is driving the hatred
Friday is a holy day for practising Muslims – a time to observe the faith more deeply and, where pos…
12 months ago
Mayotte has been French for longer than Nice. Why is it still treated with colonial arrogance? | Rokhaya Diallo ○
The Indian Ocean island is an integral part of France and the EU – but the aftermath of a devastating cyclone has highlighted its neglect
Imagine waking up to horrifying images of a region of France r…
14 months ago
‘Gisèle has forced France to stop looking away’: our panel on the Pelicot rape trial verdict | Rokhaya Diallo, Anne Bouillon and others ○
All 51 men on trial have been found guilty, a fact that needs to prompt major changes in French society
One face and name dominated the streets of Paris on 23 November as the annual march marking Inte…