France, my bled

Episode 1 – Where are you from?

Audio 24:24

France, my bled.

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By: Latifa Mouaoued Follow |

Jeremy Besset

1 min

During the last years of the Algerian war, Algerian immigration intensified in mainland France, notably with the arrival of women and children.

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These women thought they were just passing through France, but they had children and stayed.

Children who are French… So why, for 60 years, have they always been referred to as being different? 

How were these French Muslims from Algeria, as they were called at the time, received?

How did they integrate into French society?

How did they experience this exile?

Why did they choose to come or stay in France?  

With :

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, historian specializing in Algerian immigration to France

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, sociologist and president of the Association Ancrages in Marseille

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, President of the Daughters and Sons of the Republic Association

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, president of the Collectif du 1er juin in Marseille

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• Algeria

• France

• Algerian War