On the front page: this unstable Maghreb ...
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Tensions in downtown Tunis, Tunisia, July 26, 2021. (Illustration) AFP - FETHI BELAID
By: Sébastien Duhamel Follow
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: What if the Maghreb faltered ...
" A somewhat catastrophic scenario imagined this week by
Le Point
, used to catchy Unes.
The magazine speaks to us of "
dangers
", in the plural: "
devastated by corruption, shaken by the pandemic and overwhelmed by migratory flows, North Africa is
trying to stem a new Islamist wave
".
Le Point
speaks from Tunisia, through the voice of its correspondent on site. A country disappointed to see what has become of its 2011 revolution, which today seems to support Kaïs Saied, the president having recently frozen the work of Parliament and sacked the Prime Minister. A country that wants to put an end to "
the system
", just like the Hirak also tried to do it from 2019 in Algeria. However, the result worries
L'Express,
which is also observing the political situation in Tunisia this week.
L'Express
which sees the seizure of full powers by Kaïs Saied as "
a risky bet
". The president is "
sole master of his country since July 25
", and "
some fear an authoritarian drift
”.
The attractive argument of the fight against corruption
But he promises to fight against corruption and that seduces…
L'Express
recalls that the nickname of the Tunisian president is “
Mr. Clean
”. And, if there is nothing new under the sun,
Le Point
confirms it once again: This corruption is "
a tan
" on a daily basis. For example, “
at the town hall of La Marsa, stronghold of the Tunisian elites, you have to pay 10 dinars (3 euros) to a blonde woman in her thirties to register a rental contract. Otherwise it's a half-day wait. At the red light, at 6 am a pandora comes out of nowhere, whistles, finds a venial fault. If you want to get your license back immediately, it will be a ticket. Not seen not caught. In Kasserine, in the center of the country,
Le Point explains
, an alley has simply disappeared from the land register. A policeman had annexed it to turn it into a parking lot
”. Thus "
confronted, from morning to night, with the arbitrariness of a misguided state, Tunisians do not only have the blues, they grind black"
, writes the magazine. "
The disenchantment will have lived up to the
dream", even though the "
clean
" side of political Islam, sold by Ennahda, is what seduced Tunisians after the revolution, underlines former president Moncef Marzouki. For him, still in
Le Point
, "
Westerners think that people vote for Islamists for religious reasons, but this is a misunderstanding
".
Art and sport, portraits to read in the weekly press
"
Independents, Amazons, freedmen ... In a word, artists
".
Thirty-three artists to whom
Le Figaro Madame
devotes a special number.
“
To those who give [to the world] a score, a tone, colors, in short their style and their imprint,
” writes the magazine.
From the photos of Berenice Abott to the paintings of Frida Kahlo, through the sculptures of Louise Bourgeois,
Le Figaro Madame
goes back through the history of art, to present or represent these artists, often "
less exposed and celebrated than their male equivalents ”
but oh so talented.
The exhibition, the fame… On the football planet, the PSG is not lacking, that's for sure! And when the whole world was talking this week about his new recruit, Lionel Messi,
France Football
takes us to meet the president of the Parisian club. “
The Prince of the Desert
” or “
Nasser the Qatarien”
, as presented by the magazine, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, “
Nak
” for close friends.
France Football
takes us to where he grew up, near the port of Doha, and has his relatives testify. The magazine gives us an almost hagiographic portrait of a fighter. The one who became Qatar's first professional tennis player. "
He has never exceeded the 995th world rank and has amassed only 13,770 euros in earnings during his career ”,
but he thus met the one who would become Emir and who will change his second career, when he joined the authorities. leaders of the Qatari tennis federation. The rest, we know it.
The rest, Timothée Adolphe, he would like to know her. Another portrait, to read in
M le magazine du Monde
. A visually impaired athlete, 400m champion, he hopes to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games which begin on August 24. Portrait therefore crossed, because he runs with his guide Jeffrey Lami, athlete who put his difficult career on hold to become the companion. “
The professional world often rhymes with rivalries
, explains the article,
certain careers, however, would be nothing without complicity, solidarity and mutual aid”
. In short,
Le Magazine du monde
offers us
a story of “
friendship
”
. A beautiful image of sport, the one where there is still humanity.
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