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Nov 2020
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The fight against Islamophobia: Macron's...

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On October 17, middle school teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine after showing cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed during a class on freedom of expression.  Stay with us to hear about how this terror attack reopened all-too-familiar wounds in France.

Then, Stay tuned to hear from one of Britain’s youngest imams on how he is tackling Islamophobia on social media.

Finally, we’ll be speaking to highschool students  Mena and Zena on why they decided to spend their teenage years fighting for more diversity in libraries.

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(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Danya Hajjaji. Music by Omar al-Fil @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email multimedia.english@alaraby.co.uk)



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