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University Press. For Authors. Growing up in the banlieues as a child of Algerian immigrants, Amara became a fierce advocate for the underclass and was later appointed to a post in the French government headed by Nicolas Sarkozy. Led by Amara and devoted to obtaining equal rights and opportunities for everyone, NPNS is especially focused on improving conditions for Muslim immigrant women who often suffer from discrimination, violence, and repression.

Providing ample context and explanation of the NPNS movement, Brittany Murray and Diane Perpich include unpublished materials from the movement's formative days, when women spoke for the first time about the difficulties and violence faced daily in France's ghettos. Sections of Amara's book Scum of the Republic , coauthored with Mohammed Abdi, appear in translation.

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The final portion of the book provides additional information about Amara's perspectives on immigration, discrimination, feminism, the headscarf affair, and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. Enriched by an exclusive interview with Amara that reflects on NPNS goals and achievements, Taking French Feminism to the Streets provides a penetrating analysis of social, political, and economic conditions in France.

About the Author. About the Author Brittany Murray is a Ph. Reviews "Murray and Perpich have done valuable work introducing, compiling, and translating documents from Ni Putes Ni Soumises NPNS , one of the most influential French feminist groups of the last decade. Highly recommended. Provides a treasure trove of material for students of social movements.

Through translation of primary texts by Fadela Amara and Mohammed Abdi, a working relationship with the organizers of the Ni Putes Ni Soumises movement, and extensive interviews with activists, the editors transform our understanding of the movement. Simons, editor of Simone de Beauvoir's Wartime Diary. Book Details Pages: pages.