Philippe Val knows the tragedies to which the rejection of humor can lead. Publishing a dictionary based on his vision of the world, the former director of «Charlie Hebdo» and France Inter talks to «Regard Libre» about his conception of irony and its status in today's world.
The author's first feature film
LONG FORMAT ARTICLE, Antoine Bernhard | During the «Charlie Hebdo» massacre and the recent attack in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a theme invaded the political and media scene, especially in France: the «right to blasphemy». Its defenders invoke it in the name of secularism and freedom of expression, while Islamists use it as yet another reason to hate France and the West. Admittedly, the formula is effective. But what about its relevance?
LONG FORM INTERVIEW, Jonas Follonier | He's one of Switzerland's leading politicians in the fight against Islamism. Even if he doesn't like the word «combat» (he prefers the word «cause»), Mohamed Hamdaoui has made it one of his priority themes, making himself a highly committed player in the debate, even if it means over-emotionalizing. His background no doubt has something to do with it: born in the Hoggar, this Tuareg loved a woman who, in the 1980s, was kidnapped by Algerian Islamists because she refused to wear the veil. These sowers of terror beheaded her. The murder in France of Professor Samuel Paty by a radicalized Muslim using the same modus operandi shook him to the core. Interview with a former socialist turned PDC, who doesn't consider Switzerland immune to political Islam.
"Heil Hitler" stick in the ass
Hardly worthy of an amateur film
This novel makes great use of parody and the grotesque, magnifying the stereotypes and clichés that abound in our collective imagination.
A poignant testimony from start to finish
On November 13, 2015, the horror became even more horrific. After the Charlie Hebdo massacre on January 7,...
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