The New Paris Dispatch

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The abaya debacle, Maison Gainsbourg, and building community in Paris

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Sep 18, 2023
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It wouldn’t be September in France without breathing new life into an old debate after a brief summer reprieve. Ready?

If you missed the headlines a few weeks ago, the Macron government targeted the abaya its latest effort to protect the country’s brand of secularism, laïcité (a big topic in The New Parisienne). Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old education …

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