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Mohamed Hamdaoui: «Teachers must be given the opportunity to speak out».»
Switzerland

Mohamed Hamdaoui: «Teachers must be given the opportunity to speak out».»

written by Jonas Follonier

ENTRETIEN LONG FORMAT, Jonas Follonier | C'est l’un des politiciens suisses à être le plus sur le front du combat contre l’islamisme. Même s’il n’aime pas ce mot, «combat» (il lui préfère celui de «cause»), Mohamed Hamdaoui en a fait l’un de ses thèmes prioritaires, se profilant dans ce débat comme un acteur très investi, quitte à verser dans l’émotion. Son parcours y est sans doute pour quelque chose: né dans le Hoggar, ce Touareg a aimé une femme qui dans les années quatre-vingt s’est fait enlever par des islamistes algériens parce qu’elle refusait de porter le voile. Ces semeurs de terreur l’ont décapitée. Le meurtre en France du professeur Samuel Paty par un musulman radicalisé utilisant le même mode opératoire l’a bouleversé. Entretien avec un ancien socialiste devenu PDC, qui ne considère pas la Suisse à l’abri de l’islam politique.

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Literature

In search of «Vladivostok Circus» and Elisa Shua Dusapin

By Loris S. Musumeci · 22 October 2020
After the best-selling Winter in Sokcho (2016) and The Pachinko Balls (2018), Elisa Shua Dusapin gave birth to a third novel last August: Vladivostok Circus (2020), which tells the story of Nathalie, a costume designer who travels to a circus in Vladivostok, Russia, on assignment. She has to create outfits for a trio of artists practicing the Russian barre. But between language barriers, shyness and downright discomfort, Nathalie struggles to carve out a place for herself in the group. A group that would represent society, in all its complex human relationships? Meet the author to find out more about her novel and herself.
Matthieu Mégevand: «For some artists, creation is an explosion».»
Literature

Matthieu Mégevand: «For some artists, creation is an explosion».»

By Ivan Garcia · September 26, 2020
LONG FORM INTERVIEW, Ivan Garcia | Historian of religions, journalist and director of the Labor et Fides publishing house, Matthieu Mégevand is a busy man in his thirties. He is currently completing a novel trilogy, published by Editions Flammarion, on the theme of creation/destruction. The first part, «La bonne vie», published in 2018, is dedicated to the poet Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and his «experimental metaphysics». This first book won him the eleventh edition (2019 - 2020) of the Le Roman des Romands literary prize, awarded by school and gymnasium classes. The second part of his trilogy, published in 2019, focuses on the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and takes the reader back to Belle Epoque Paris to follow in the footsteps of this misunderstood deformed genius. As for the third part, now in the final stages of writing, it will be published in the coming years and will take as its protagonist that virtuoso of musical beauty, Mozart. To discuss this ambitious trilogy and his career as a writer, we meet Matthieu in Geneva at the «café librairie-livresse», a stone's throw from Plainpalais.
Gastronomy

Swiss beer sommelier: definition

By Max Moeschler · September 20, 2020
Although the profession of beer sommelier has been recognized in Switzerland for several years now, it is still largely unknown to the general public. The best way to remedy this is to meet Alain Kaehr, beer sommelier in Yverdon-les-Bains.