tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post9220541854680813446..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: On FrancePhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-15263908904268506652015-01-10T15:52:51.163-05:002015-01-10T15:52:51.163-05:00They are both Algerian in origin. The majority of...They are both Algerian in origin. The majority of Algerians are Arabs or Berbers and I assume one of those is Boumeddiene's principal ethnicity, but it's racially very diverse with a significant minority of sub-Saharan Africans. There are almost no Jewish people left in Algeria as virtually all of them fled to France after Algeria was granted independence.<br /><br />I'm fairly sure Hayat Boumeddiene was born to a Muslim family as well though it was the association with her boyfriend which radicalized her.Andrew Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453328821252013152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-72947733576459205202015-01-09T19:25:49.461-05:002015-01-09T19:25:49.461-05:00I can't say I know (or have Googled) her ethni...I can't say I know (or have Googled) her ethnic background. There are - I should know! - plenty of people born to one minority parent and one ethnically-French one. If it turned out she was Jewish, that would make for an unexpected twist.<br /><br />What I do know, however, is that today's French Jews and French Muslims alike are often of North African origin (relates to French colonialism), and do indeed often tend to look similar to one another.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-69492932194385358732015-01-09T19:20:13.820-05:002015-01-09T19:20:13.820-05:00The kosher supermarket attack was carried out by a...The kosher supermarket attack was carried out by a romantic couple consisting of a black African man and a woman who could, ironically, pass for a Belle Juive.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903601/Wife-Kosher-supermarket-killer-armed-dangerous-run-police-warn.html<br /><br />It's the New France!<br /><br />Not knowing anything about French naming patterns, where would someone named Hayat Boumeddienne hail from? Apologies to her if she's ethnically French, which she certainly could be based on her appearance.Londonernoreply@blogger.com