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Nabila Ramdani
Nabila Ramdani

Nabila Ramdani is an award-winning Paris-born freelance journalist of Algerian descent who specializes in French politics, Islamic affairs, and the Arab World. She writes regular columns for British, French and Middle Eastern press. Nabila is a winner of the Best Arab journalist in the West Award 2012 organized by the London-based Arabs Group network. She is an honoree of the Global Thinkers Forum Excellence in Innovation Award 2012 and is a Fellow on the pioneering U.N. Alliance of Civilizations program.She can be found on Twitter: @NabilaRamdani

The French Touch: What the ‘Carla Bruni effect’ tells us about the Paris establishment

Pop singer and former first lady of France Carla Bruni has a new English language album out, and is using the UK and American media to try and sell it. As usual, unchallenged publicity lines for her...

 Has Marine Le Pen really exorcised her party of its demons?

As the most bizarre presidential election in recent French history heads towards a conclusion, the alleged financial crimes of two of the favourites continue to dominate the campaign.Both...

 West Ham’s Sofiane Feghouli talks about his move to London

Feghouli says he is ‘particularly proud’ of joining the club...

 Galloping goodwill: The horse racing history of British-Arab relations

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 Yes, I ‘get’ Charlie Hebdo ‘joke’ about Aylan. And it’s repulsive

Think of some famous dead children, and then try to work out who might use their suffering to raise a satirical smile. For the sake of argument, make one a Jew, one a Christian, and one a Muslim. Nazi...

 What politicizing Paris Plage taught us about Tel Aviv

The mayor of Paris reportedly encouraged people to celebrate the “fun” side of Israel...

 A day at the races: How Dubai is democratizing horse racing

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the minister of finance, who is doing so much to democratize the sport...

 Remembering Srebrenica: British royal highlights need to stop persecution

It was the unspeakable horror of Srebrenica which finally brought the international community to its senses...