As UN experts are warning about genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza and despite israel's long track record of bombing palestinian civilians, this episode will cover France's support to the ongoing massacre. Who is behind it? What are F

50 years of Hip-Hop and me

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This episode is my personal appreciation of Hip Hop and how it played a fundamental role in my political upbringing. Though I traced back the lessons I learned from Public Enemy, KRS One among others, I could not resist the temptation of sharin

EGYPT PAPERS: Another French journalist raided by the Police

Sep 28th, 2023 45m 4s

The recent raid against French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux for exposing the SIRLI operation has made headlines about the repression of a free press in France. The SIRLI operation is a long running collaboration between the French military and

Abayas and France's war on Muslims

Sep 18th, 2023 32m 16s

On August 31st, the newly apointed Minister of Education Gabriel Attal started his mandate by launching a campaign against abayas, or long dresses, supposedly worn by radicalised Muslim students.Where is this prohibition coming from? What are

Sabine Vorin, the Black woman who died on her workplace under a white Mayor's watch

May 20th, 2022 28m 42s

Sabine Vorin, a cleaning agent, was found dead, alone, in the toilets of the Naguib Mahfouz municipal library in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, on September 17, 2018. What her death revealed, was the terror and racism faced by Black and Ara

French elections: the Le Pen heist

May 20th, 2022 29m 58s

Reviewing the presidential campaign, the election, the debates, the state of the Left and what the 2022 elections say about France.Read the full analysis on The New Arab: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/opinion/macrons-victory-paved-oppression

Deciphering the preference for Ukrainian refugees

Mar 23rd, 2022 46m 47s

Guest: Jean Beaman, Author of "Citizen Outsider" and researcher on race and racism in France and the US.Many have called out the blatant double standards on refugees by western powers. While refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia were

Is there a Muslim perspective on disobedience?

Mar 3rd, 2022 1h 22m

Following our previous episode "Muslim Clerics and the Arab Revolutions", my guest Dr Usaama Al Azami, Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Civilisation at the University of Oxford and author of "Islam and the Arab Revolutions" came back to carry t

Muslim clerics and the Arab Revolutions

Feb 25th, 2022 2h 22m

As the Arab Revolutions were unfolding, various Muslim clerics took a public position to either support or condemn them, if not out right call for their repression in blood. Dr Usaama Al Azami, Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Un

Bombing a wedding in Mali: Inside France's drone war

Aug 9th, 2021 55m 39s

Guest: Khalil Dewan, head of investigations at Stoke White Lawyers (London)After the bombing of a wedding celebration in the town of Bounti, Mali that left 19 civilians dead, a damning UN report contradicted claims by the French government tha

India under Narenda Modi:  Hindu nationalism and islamophobia

Jun 10th, 2021 58m 35s

Shedding light on how nazi ideology has inspired the BJP in power and how the collapse of Indian democracy did not happen overnight. Md Asif Khan , an Anti Islamophobia Activist came on the show to describe the ongoing persecution of religious

RACE RELATIONS IN FRANCE AND AMERICA

May 3rd, 2021 58m 45s

“This anti separatism bill reminds me of the Muslim ban under Trump” Channel Andrews, Professor of Law at the University of Pariss AssasChannel Andrews is an American attorney based in Paris, France, where she teaches law at Université Panthéo

Ramadan against capitalism. Guest: Mariem Masmoudi

Apr 19th, 2021 46m

"...there is a deeper, more damaging force at play: our assimilation into the capitalist structure via globalisation..."* *Mariem Massmoudi, civil society activist working for democratic governance & religious freedom in the Middle East and N

European, American Muslims:  The status-quo or resistance?

Apr 15th, 2021 1h 12m

From 9/11 to the Paris Attacks in 2015, from the Patriot Act to the state of emergency in France and in light Macron's racist policies, a transatlantic look at Muslims in the West.This podcast is independent thanks to our donors, please be o

Banning of the hijab: understanding france's ongoing war

Apr 4th, 2021 59m 50s

As the French Senate has passed a series of amendments against the Muslim headscarf, foreign flags in weddings and even threats againts organizations on political grounds, where is this legislative brutality coming from and where is France goin

“Civil disobedience: if not now then when?” Malia Bouattia on Le Breakdown

Mar 8th, 2021 55m 33s

Malia Bouattia is the former head of the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK. She was the first female Black British and Muslim leader of the historic student union in a landmark election that took place in 2016. She brought forward the

From Left to Right: the islamophobia consensus in France

Feb 14th, 2021 49m 31s

What does it say about a country when the current Minister of Interior Gerald Darmanin singles out the far right leader Marine Le Pen for being "too soft on Islam and in need of vitamines"? When the far left leader Jean Luc Mélenchon has a fort

White Rage On Capitol Hill

Jan 8th, 2021 44m 35s

Let’s stop pretending the attempted coup is “unamerican” or a shocking surprise. Guest: Tory Russell, Movement For Blak Lives OrganizerAfter Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill to contest Joe Biden’s election and left 5 people dead and an ou

French Colonial Islam: The Case of the Grand Mosque of Paris

Jan 6th, 2021 1h 12m

How the historic institution is a symptom of the ills of French society and the French government’s relation with Muslims. Of all the media, it is to Charlie Hebdo that the rector of the Grand Mosque (of Algiers) of Paris Chems Eddine Hafiz wen

Colonial continuum in Morocco: Palestine, the Western Sahara and Zionism

Jan 4th, 2021 1h 29m

Guest: Dr Hatem Bazian,Hatem Bazian is a co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the 1st Accredited Muslim Liberal Arts College in the United States. In addition, Prof. Bazian is a lecturer in the Department

« BLM, Movement For Black Lives , Biden & the American Left »

Dec 28th, 2020 44m 54s

Staint Louis based organizer Tory Russell returns to “Le Breakdown with Yasser Louati” podcast for a discussion around the ongoing evolutions of the Black Lives Matter Movement and what explains the split between “Black Lives Matter” and “Movem

When the Moroccan King normalises with israel: "Yawn"

Dec 22nd, 2020 55m 51s

Lara Elborno reminds us why she is more defiant than ever.SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN TO LE BREAKDOWN on:iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Google podcast, Stitcher, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podbean and all major podcasting platforms.Pa

France, Macron and the American Media. Guest: Lindsey Tramuta, Paris based american journalist

Dec 7th, 2020 41m 49s

Lindsey Tramuta is an american journalist who has been living in Paris since 2006. She is a culture & travel journalist, author, podcaster, and editorial consultant. Lindsey also wrote The New Paris: the People, Places & Ideas Fueling a Movemen

Macron's speech on "Islamic Separatism": the good, the bad and the ugly

Oct 4th, 2020 50m 4s

The term "separatism" was first used by Emmanuel Macron in the aftermath of the anti-Police brutality and anti-racism rallies that took place in Paris in the aftermath of the assassination of George Floyd. Rather than addressing a century old d

Black Lives Matter and the US Presidential Election with Tory Russell

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 35m

"You take our votes for granted" Saint Louis based and Black Lives Matter co-founder Tory Russell came back to #LeBreakdown as the US presidential is reaching unprecented levels. In this episode, Tory Russell brings with him the latest develop