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Police officers and rescue workers stand near a van that struck a crowd leaving a fireworks display in the French Riviera town of Nice on July 14, 2016. VALERY HACHE / AFP

White Nationalism Is Destroying the West

by Sasha Polakow-Suransky | Oct 18, 2017 | Opinion

On July 14, 2016, as French families strolled along Nice’s seafront promenade, a Tunisian man driving a large truck rammed into a crowd, killing 86 people. A month later, the mayor of nearby Cannes declared that “burkinis” — a catchall term for modest swimwear favored...

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‘Burkini’ Wins Over French Legal Battle, Ban Suspended

by Michel Abu Najm | Aug 27, 2016 | World

Paris-Burkini has officially won over its battle against a French ban, which had received its fair share of heated controversy. The full-body swimming suit for Muslim females had been taking on headlines beyond France, raising arguments across Europe and even the...

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Armed French police stand guard outside a commercial center in Nice. Reuters

Eiffel Tower Evacuated in Safety Drill Confusion, Major Events Cancelled

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 6, 2016 | World

Paris’ Eiffel Tower was on Friday evacuated in error after an employee mistook a safety drill for a real incident, a police source said, as security fears compelled the authorities to cancel two main events. “It was a safety exercise drill, the sort that...

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French soldiers advance on the street after a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday in Nice, France. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

The West’s Crisis of Leadership

by Sylvie Kauffmann | Jul 29, 2016 | Opinion

PARIS — A few days before the Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice, President Obama was in Poland for the NATO summit meeting, his mind obviously as much in Dallas as in Warsaw. As I listened to him during his closing news conference, on July 9, I was struck by the...

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The Promenade des Anglais in Nice with flowers in tribute to the victims of the deadly attack. AFP

French Lawmakers Vote to Extend Emergency Rule after Nice Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 20, 2016 | World

French lawmakers voted massively Wednesday to extend the state of emergency introduced late last year for a fourth time in the wake of the July 14 truck attack in the city of Nice. After seven hours of fraught debate into the night, during which the right-wing...