Yana Grinshpun writes again to RFI and DGLFLF so that they correct the podcast explaining that Palestinians are Philistines

Read More Madam, Sir, I would like to draw your attention to a linguistic and historical error made by a presenter of the podcast “Palestine RFI+français facile”. This podcast is broadcast in partnership with the DGLFLF, which I also contacted. https://francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/les-mots-de-l-actualit%C3%A9/20230531-palestine I am reporting information to you

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Secularism: why the abaya must remain at the school gate

Read More The wearing of abayas by some students in high school is controversial. PHOTOQR/LE PARISIEN/MAXPPP At the beginning of the school year, a note from the State services already raised the alarm. Nine months later, as students prepare to put away their books and notebooks a few

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Transgender documentary stirs up trouble on Twitter

Read More The issue is passages where trans people are “misgendered,” that is, designated by their birth sex, a practice considered “hateful conduct” by the rules of the social network What is a woman? Less than 48 hours after it was posted online on

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Wikipedia in the face of wokism and anti-capitalism

Read More ©Lionel Bonaventure / AFPThe online encyclopedia Wikipedia, powered and updated by volunteers, is an undeniable success, with more than two million articles created since its launch for the French-language version alone. Its ranking in searches

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To teach a living French language

Read More In 1549, du Bellay published the founding manifesto of a French language in the making and to be enriched. In 2023, a collective of French-speaking linguists, from Anne Abeillé to Laélia Véron, launched a salutary appeal: "French is doing very well, thank you." The

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The colonial underside of modernity

Read More "Decolonial", the term has become popular since the end of the 1990s, distinguishing itself from postcolonial approaches, or even from Subaltern Studies. In a certain way, it has presented itself as a kind of critical genealogy of modernity, in the sense that

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