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With Nabil Wakim

  • Café des idées
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With l’Institut du monde arabe

"My name is Nabil Wakim and I am illiterate in my mother tongue."

Comment j'ai perdu ma langue avec Nabil Wakim, Café des idées, 2025 © Anaïs Bottinelli / Festival d'Avignon

Presentation

"My name is Nabil Wakim and I am illiterate in my mother tongue. Arabic is the second most widely spoken language in France, yet it is barely taught in the national education system. If I'm no good at Arabic, is it my fault, my parents' fault, the Republic's fault? Why does Arabic have such a special place in France?"

Distribution

Conceived and hosted by Nabil Wakim, journalist and director of Mauvaise langue (projected in the Territoires cinématographiques)

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Nour

A poetic celebration of the Arabic language
  • Show
  • Poetry
  • Music
With the Institut du monde arabe

The 2025 archive