“Staying in France means living in a country where we are not accepted” – Liberation

On the occasion of the publication of the book “France You Love, but You Leave It,” about ten young French Muslims spoke to “Liby” about the stigma and discrimination they are exposed to, to the point of resorting to exile or leaving. consider it.

Café cream and a minute or even two of meditation. Nawal (1) searches for words to describe his feelings. He is thirty years old “Internet security officer” For social media. she has “the kitchen” To get hired. what is wrong? Her name, her first name, her religion, she said in a Parisian bar near Place de la République. “I warn against falling into anger because we are denied the right to be angry. It is viewed as a form of violence even though we are exposed to it on a daily basis. The third person pronoun “we” includes many French Muslim graduates. They deplore the atmosphere “heavy” In the world of work, the media and public space. They could no longer bear the dirty looks in the days following the attacks “suspicion” And political discussions. life with “Ball in stomach” They say.

Aisha (1), who studies literature in Val-de-Marne, still felt pain inside when a colleague asked her a question after the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7. She was sitting sipping her coffee while tapping on her phone in the staff room. Everything was quiet. then : “And you, Aisha, are so silent, do you care about what just happened?” She broke down in tears in her car on the way home. When she arrived at her home, Aisha asked her friend: “Why are we still staying here when