[with non-pork alternatives that will disappear from November]. Tuesday 13 October Starter: Pork liver mousse and cornichon pickle [or chicken pâté] with navette (Marseille orange-flower biscuit) Main course: Organic blanquette de veau (veal stew), rice Dessert: Organic apple Thursday 15 October Starter: Potted salmon and Swedish bread Main course: Roast pork [or turkey ham], peas and…
When Aïcha Tabbakhe, a French nurse, went to fill out the forms for her children’s school dinners in her small town outside Paris, she was puzzled. The box she would usually tick to say that her Muslim children didn’t eat pork wasn’t there. “Confused, I called the town hall and I was bluntly told: ‘From…
New York will become the nation’s first major metropolis to close its public schools in observance of the two most sacred Muslim holy days, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday, a watershed moment for a group that has endured suspicion and hostility since the Sept. 11 attacks. Several municipalities across the country — including…
“Our son lived in a very privileged atmosphere. He liked music, he liked sports, he did sketch comedy,” said Veronique, a blonde white woman, speaking from her apartment in Paris. “And then one morning he leaves for Germany, and then from Germany he never came back.” Veronique, identified only by her first name in a video…
Philosophy teacher Soufiane Zitouni, who severely criticized his former employer Averroès High School in Lille, was sentenced September 4 for defamation and private injury. He announced he would appeal the ruling. The 48 year-old teacher was interview in February by Libération in an article entitled “Why I quit Averroès High School.” He accused the directors…
