Laetitia Strauch-Bonart

French cities have been engulfed by almost a week of intense riots, following the death of a teenager. Nahel M was shot at point blank range by police after he refused to stop for a traffic check in his hometown of Nanterre, a north-west Parisian suburb. The unrest led to more than 3,000 arrests and the deployment of tens of thousands of police around France. The riots have exposed deep divisions in French society. On The Real Story this week: why has France again been rocked by violent unrest? What makes so many of those who live in the suburbs of France’s major cities feel neglected by the state and politicians? And what are the government and opposition parties proposing as solutions?Shaun Ley is joined by:- Rim-Sarah Alouane, a French legal scholar and commentator at the University Toulouse-Capitole in France- Professor Philippe Marlière, Professor of French and European Politics at University College London- Laetitia Strauch-Bonart, French writer and Editor at the French news magazine L'Express Also featuring: - Natalia Pouzyreff, an MP from President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party- Inès Seddiki, founder of GHETT’UP, an organisation which works with young people in France’s suburbs(Photo: The French interior minister has asked regions to ban the sale of fireworks, petrol cans and flammable products. Credit: Getty Images)

Laetitia Strauch-Bonart, essayiste et journaliste, et Sarah Al-Matary, professeure en littérature, explorent la polémique autour d'un colloque sur la Palestine. Elles discutent des pressions politiques sur les universitaires et des listes de cibles. Le duo aborde la séparation du pouvoir et du savoir, ainsi que l'évolution du rôle des intellectuels. En analysant les violences symboliques en France, elles mettent en lumière la double nature de ces attaques, et critiquent le manque d'autonomie des institutions face à l'ingérence politique.