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French student protests make it clear: Neither Macron nor Le Pen

As French youth protest education cuts and austerity, Mélenchon’s leftist party seeks to turn public anger into a challenge to the far right, writes J. Marvin.

Jonas Marvin
15 October, 2026
Yadan
France
Perspectives

France's weaponization of antisemitism is backfiring

Walaa Saeed Al-Samarrai

Walaa Saeed Al-Samarrai

20 May, 2026
Rima Hassan European deputy and member of the political party La France Insoumise LFI during a press conference held by Rima Hassan European deputy and member of the political party La France Insoumise LFI with her lawyer following a hearing at the regional headquarters of the judiciary police of Paris in Paris France on April 3, 2026.
France
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French-Palestinian MEP to be tried over social media post

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 April, 2026
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French elections
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Why France’s new mayors are already on trial over Gaza

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Amel Boubekeur

02 April, 2026
PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 14: (EXCLUSIVE ACCESS SPECIAL RATES APPLY) View of Arab World Institute whyle Actress Josiane Balasko receives the Medal of Arts and Letters from the president of Arab World Institute Jack Lang at Arab World Institute on June 14, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)
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Perspectives

More should be done to support the Arab World Institute in Paris

Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Kuwari

Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al-Kuwari

23 January, 2026
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Freedom of Speech
Unfiltered

What censoring Palestine reveals about French academic 'freedom'

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Hèla Yousfi

21 November, 2025
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France
Voices

Sarkozy’s fall marks the moral collapse of France’s conservatism

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Nabila Ramdani

02 October, 2025
Macron
France-Palestine
Voices

Should Palestinians trust Macron's state recognition drive?

Oman Al Yahyai

Oman Alyahyai

13 July, 2025
French Guiana residents decry plans for a supermax prison to house drug traffickers and Islamists [Getty]
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World
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France revives Devil's Island legacy with supermax Islamist jail

The New Arab Staff
21 May, 2025
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France
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The French PM's anti-migrant comments are Le Pen's legacy

Daniel Lindley

Daniel Lindley

12 February, 2025
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MENA
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French mayor shuts Moroccan fan zone over 'Moroccan Sahara' song

Basma El Atti
05 August, 2024
France
Perspectives

With PM Attal, France's Macron tilts right to save himself

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Yasser Louati

07 February, 2024
France
World
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France MPs slam FM's opposition to Israel genocide case

The New Arab Staff
20 January, 2024
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France
Unfiltered

France: Individual liberties for all but Muslims

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Mariya bint Rehan

15 September, 2023
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France
Voices

Global hypocrisy on display after French schools abaya ban

Nadeine Asbali

Nadeine Asbali

07 September, 2023
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Why France's abaya ban in schools will 'traumatise' young Muslims

The New Arab Staff
05 September, 2023
French language colonialism
Algerian War
Perspectives

Algeria introduces English to counterbalance French

Ali Boukhlef

Ali Boukhlef

22 November, 2022
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France
Voices

A history of racism: Can the police in France be reformed?

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Yasser Louati

21 November, 2022
France
MENA
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Lebanese woman appointed French culture minister

The New Arab Staff
23 May, 2022
Anti-Islam France
Syria
Analysis
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Relatives of French militants feature in counter-radicalisation ads

The New Arab & agencies
11 October, 2015