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Samia Orosemane tweaks stereotypes about her North African community in her one-woman show in Paris.

Why French Muslim comedian Samia Orosemane says she’s like a UFO

August 15, 2017Arts

Samia Orosemane is a French stand-up comedian of Tunisian descent, who jokes about stereotypes of Africans and Muslim women … and of course, about her mother.

A French policeman stands in front of the entrance of Paris Mosque as French Muslims gather for Friday prayers in Paris January 9, 2015, following Wednesday's deadly attack at the Paris offices of weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by two masked gun

Why making French Muslims more French is such a challenge

January 9, 2015Culture

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