I, jihadist

My name is Jamel Zarour. My parents came from Belkour, from Algers. My father was a furniture upholsterer. I never got to know him that much...

Women don’t kill dragons

Girls don't kill dragons In a village whose name I'd rather not mention lived a girl who craved to become a knight. Her name was...

Even cowboys get the blues

Annie Proulx is one of the most renowned American writers, way above the average. Her books have been awarded with the Pulitzer Prize, National Book...

There is no such thing as snow. Only snowflakes.

«They’re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women…» Margaret Thatcher, talking...

A brief history of homosexuality

No matter how far-out it strikes you, homosexuality did not exist before 1869, not before the Hungarian doctor Benkert invented it. Up until then,...

Daniel Day-Lewis’ insane approach

I saw him for the first time in “My Left Foot”. A man condemned by fate and society to remain a trash, an effluvium...