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France thinks Morocco may be a source of future economic growth, but Rabat has widened its choices and has plenty of offers elsewhere. Nash Weerasekera

As Morocco diversifies its economic partnerships, France vies for a seat at the table

The old colonial power thinks this North African nation it knows so well may be a source of future economic growth, but Rabat has widened its choices and now has plenty of offers from elsewhere.

Mohamed Sharki 09 May 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes China's President Xi Jinping as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit to France on May 6, 2024. Reuters

Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe

The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning in an interview with the Economist as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in France with Ukraine and EU trade row at the top of agenda

The Economist 06 May 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the presidential palace in Algiers during Macron's three-day visit in August 2022. AFP

Rendezvous with history? Algeria and France inch forward

The pain of the past cannot be forgotten, and a formal French apology may yet transpire, as the two countries' leaders look set to meet to discuss matters of trade, energy security, and nuclear tests.

Rabie Khreis 10 April 2024
Teaching Arabic has become a highly politicised issue in France. This has deterred the state from offering enough Arabic classes. With few options, parents turn to mosques for learning. Nesma Moharam

Arabic in France: Conflation with extremism hurts Arabic tuition

Teaching Arabic has become a highly politicised issue in France. This has deterred the state from offering enough Arabic classes. With few options, parents turn to mosques for learning.

Sabr Darwish 26 March 2024
Can the 34-year-old revive Emmanuel Macron's fortunes? Péter Csuth

Gabriel Attal: Meet France’s youngest prime minister

Can the 34-year-old revive Emmanuel Macron's fortunes?

The Economist 13 January 2024
Feurat Alani holds the 2023 Arab Literature Award. Arab World Institute

Feurat Alani’s “I Remember Fallujah”: An exploration of the power of memory

In his award-winning novel, the Iraqi-French author explores the contemporary history of Iraq over more than half a century and the events that led Iraq to where it is now.

Samir Qasimi 29 December 2023
French-Moroccan author Rachid Benzine.

“The Silence of the Fathers”: Rachid Benzine explores Morocco’s stoic immigrants in France

The French-Moroccan writer explores the painful tendency of first-generation immigrants to go silent, putting an unbridgeable distance between themselves and their children.

Samir Qasimi 01 November 2023
On this day, exactly two months ago, a coup took place in Niger, delivering another blow to France's declining influence in the Sahel. Instead of backing its ally, the US has taken a more nuanced position. Majalla/Agencies

Did US pragmatism in Niger underpin France's decision to end its military presence?

Two months ago today, a coup took place in Niger that delivered yet another blow to France's declining influence in the Sahel. Without US support, Paris has decided to pack up and leave.

Khattar Abu Diab 26 September 2023
France’s Suez Moment has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains. Majalla/Agencies

France’s African empire may have had its ‘Suez Moment’

France's 'Suez Moment' has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 24 September 2023
France glories in its revolutionary past. But in more complex, modern-day times, the country feels more bewildered than radical. And that could deter its voters from choosing a figure like Mélenchon. Getty_Majalla

Jean-Luc Mélenchon: An unapologetic leftist in a confused France

France glories in its revolutionary past. But in more complex, modern-day times, the country feels more bewildered than radical. And that could deter its voters from choosing a figure like Mélenchon.

Khattar Abu Diab 14 September 2023
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