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Woman in a burkini on the beach. Reuters

‘Burkini’ War Waged in French Riviera

by Michel Abu Najm | Aug 13, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Paris-In addition to the Olympic Games that are underway in Rio de Janeiro, it seems that the subject that is keeping French media busy today is surrealist given the crises that are shaking France. However, this subject reflects the collective “hysteria” hitting the...

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The head of France’s top Muslim body Anouar Kbibech (right) speaks to journalists alongside his deputy Abdallah Zekri (left) and France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in Paris on August 1, 2016. Jacques Demarthon, AFP

France Looks into Reconstructing its Islamic Foundations

by Michel Abu Najm | Aug 4, 2016 | World

Paris – French government and French Ministry of Interior began setting a plan to protect French Muslims from extremism. The government suggested several steps including fortifying the Islamic Council for French Faith, funding mosques and houses of worship, and...

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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry react during a joint news conference after their meeting in Moscow, May 7, 2013. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

Asharq al-Awsat Reveals the Kerry-Lavrov Agreement on Syria

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Paris – A new agreement to break up the Syrian crisis solution into several phases was reached between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, during Kerry’s visit to Moscow earlier this month. Asharq al-Awsat newspaper received...

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Police and rescue workers work at the scene after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy. REUTERS/Steve Bonet

Terror Strikes France Again…Two ISIS Recruits Slay a Priest

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 27, 2016 | World

Paris- On April 19 last year, Paris police stopped an Algerian student named Syed Ahmad Ghulam a few blocks away from where he was living in the French capital. Ghulam was arrested after having shot himself—a 32-year-old female sports trainer was found dead with a...

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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Reuters

IMF Chief to Stand Trial in France

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 23, 2016 | World

Paris-There seems to be a curse for French citizens who reach the leadership of the International Monetary Fund that is based in Washington. The previous IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a Frenchman, was forced to resign in a lurid sex scandal. Current IMF Managing...