Ep57: Assia Belgacem on Algerian & Muslim identity in France
The Diverse Bookshelf - A podcast by Samia Aziz - Mondays
On the show this week, I’m speaking to Assia Belgacem a French-Algerian writer and book critic based in Bordeaux, France. Assia runs the Instagram account, @shereadsox, where she writes nuanced book reviews and gives excellent book recommendations. In this episode, we talk about Assia’s identity: Algerian and French, and also about being Muslim in an increasingly right-wing, France. With hijab bans in place in the country, Assia works as a teacher in a government school, where she is un...
