Nabila Ramdani

Nabila Ramdani is an award-winning French-Algerian journalist, columnist and broadcaster who specialises in French politics, Islamic affairs and the Arab world.

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The trouble with France's new 'revolutionary' Cabinet

President Emmanuel Macron's tilt to the right raises questions about broken promises and rising xenophobia in the country.

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The trouble with France's new 'revolutionary' Cabinet

France’s colonial-style retreat from Mali is another defeat for Macron

The French president is learning yet another hard lesson in foreign policy mere weeks before the April presidential election.

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France’s colonial-style retreat from Mali is another defeat for Macron

The hijab: A French obsession that should have expired during the pandemic

In the face of a health and economic crisis ravaging the country, France’s hang-up over Muslim women’s clothing is bordering on farcical.

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The hijab: A French obsession that should have expired during the pandemic

Josephine Baker’s 'induction' into France’s Pantheon smacks of tokenism

Suspiciously, Emmanuel Macron is revitalising the memory of a Black woman at the same time as he is being accused of appeasing racists.

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Josephine Baker’s 'induction' into France’s Pantheon smacks of tokenism

Macron's half-hearted commemoration of the 1961 Paris Massacre

The 'commemoration' of the 1961 Paris Massacre showed that the French president still harbours a colonial mindset.

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Macron's half-hearted commemoration of the 1961 Paris Massacre

Racism is being recorded - and that’s why the French want cameras banned

Several French lawmakers are now compelled to hinder accountability, not racial injustice.

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Racism is being recorded - and that’s why the French want cameras banned

Coronavirus face masks can’t hide France’s Islamophobia

French laws against Muslim women with face-coverings stand in marked contrast to its pandemic policy. Is this a double standard?

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Coronavirus face masks can’t hide France’s Islamophobia

As Paris celebrates VE-Day, Algerians mourn genocide carried out by France

The world cannot allow France to consign its colonial-era massacres to the dustbin of history.

8 MIN READ

As Paris celebrates VE-Day, Algerians mourn genocide carried out by France

Coronavirus lockdown in France leads to the brutalisation of minorities

Several incidents show that French law enforcement is dealing violently with minorities under the cover of new emergency measures.

8 MIN READ

Coronavirus lockdown in France leads to the brutalisation of minorities