{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Living as a Muslim in France: The Reality Behind the Headlines - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NL98qvGod0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2025\/05\/27\/the-republic-is-also-us\/\">Living as a Muslim in France: The Reality Behind the Headlines<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2025\/05\/27\/the-republic-is-also-us\/embed\/#?secret=NL98qvGod0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Living as a Muslim in France: The Reality Behind the Headlines&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"NL98qvGod0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8110-I-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":750,"thumbnail_height":510,"description":"I am Muslim and French. Two simple words, yet they seem to contradict each other in the minds of many. For some, these two identities are incompatible; for others, they form the core of a constant struggle. I was born in France, to French parents born in Tunisia. I grew up there, was educated and socialized there. But for a long time, I never really felt that this France was also mine. I saw, in my family\u2019s eyes, what uprooting leaves behind: a mixture of nostalgia, silence, sometimes regret, and often rejection. I grew up at the crossroads of several cultures, in an environment where the question of integration was not really raised. Until the outside world forced me to confront it. It was brutal. A private school gave me that first slap. There, I understood what a gaze is: the one that classifies, judges. The gaze that asks you to integrate while actually expecting you to vanish. I was \u201cnot like the others.\u201d I heard it. I felt it. As if my way of existing, as a Muslim, daughter of immigrants did not fit within the framework of French identity as it was presented to me. You speak the ..."}