Caroline Fourest

Caroline Fourest

Caroline Fourest at the Université de la Terre, Paris, April 2011
Born (1975-09-19) 19 September 1975
Aix-en-Provence, France
Nationality French
Education EHESS, Sorbonne
Occupation Writer

Caroline Fourest (born September 19, 1975 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French feminist writer, documentary director, journalist, radio presenter at France Culture, and editor of the magazine ProChoix. She is the author of Frère Tariq ("Brother Tariq"), a critical look at the works of Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan. She was also a columnist for Le Monde until 14 July 2012.

Education and career

A graduate in sociology and political science,[1] Fourest has written many books about the conservative right, the pro-life movement (France and USA), and contemporary fundamentalist trends in Abrahamic religions. She also began serving as the President of the Gay and Lesbian Center in 1999.[2]

In March 2006, Fourest signed MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism, a manifesto opposing Islamist totalitarianism that gained wide publicity. The other eleven signatories include Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasreen, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Fourest has received several political awards for her work, including the National Award of "Laïcité" in 2005, and the "Award of the political book" in 2006.[3]

She is an advisory board member of the Anna Lindh Foundation, fan organization focused on intercultural dialogue.

Fourest has opposed far right FN politician Marine Le Pen and her politics in a book co-authored with Fiammetta Venner.[4]

Defamation accusations

In October 2012, Caroline Fourest was sentenced to pay a fine of 800 euros and 3300 euros respectively in damages for libel against Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen and Franck Chauffroy in a biography she wrote titled Marine Le Pen.[5]

In October 2014, Fourest suggested that a racist attack on a young Muslim girl in 2013 could have been fabricated or that if it was real, the girl's family could have been responsible. Fourest was subsequently accused of libel and ordered to pay 6,000 euros. The verdict has been appealed and reverted since the accusation was made after the three months legal delay .[6]

Books

Filmography


References

  1. L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales: Liste des mémoires soutenus 2002 Archived July 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (in French)
  2. McCaffrey, Enda (2005), The gay republic: sexuality, citizenship and subversion in France, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., p. 207, ISBN 0-7546-4502-9
  3. Scott, Joan Wallach (2007), The politics of the veil, Princeton University Press, p. 175, ISBN 0-691-12543-0
  4. Fourest, Caroline; Fiammetta Venner (2011). Marine Le Pen. Paris: Éditions Grasset. (in French)
  5. "Le Pen : Fourest condamnée pour diffamation", Le Journal du Dimanche, October 9, 2012 (in French)
  6. "Caroline Fourest fined €6000 for defaming young Muslim victim of racist attack", Islamophobia Watch, October 26, 2014

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