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Frictions is about journalists, writers and podcast producers, based in France and abroad, with unique background like the stories they tell us.

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Javier Toscano

Javier Toscano is a filmmaker, visual artist and writer. His work has involved a continuous quest to generate and collaborate with minorities, groups with disabilities and other communities towards the production of alternative narratives of self-affirmation and vital exploration. He was a founding member of Laboratorio 060 with which he won the first prize of the Best Art Practices Award (Bolzano, Italy, 2008) More information on javiertoscano.net
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Diego López de Gomara

Diego López de Gomara was born in Buenos Aires. He is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Among other works, he has published the novels Patria Paria (Grupo Editor Latinoamericano) and La Mujer Escrita (Grupo Editor Latinoamericano).

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Emily Ochoa

Emily is a London-based author. She is currently Chief of Staff at Eigen Technologies, a startup focused on machine learning software. Originally from Boise, Idaho, Emily has worked in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. She holds degrees in biology and English from Stanford University and a Master's degree in English from Oxford University. Her writings have been published in the journal The American Scholar.
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Quentin Le Guella

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Aïta Nebour

Born in the south of France, Aïta Nebbour lives in Paris. As a traveller, she finds her inspiration in her encounters and in public life. "Issam, gravedigger against is will" is her first published text.
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Helen Özbay

Half a lifetime ago, Helen settled in Turkey. Finding work as a language and literature teacher, she developed her fascination with style, structure and story. Now, as a content editor for a textbook publisher, she targets grammatical structures and vocabulary for language learners. In her own writing, however, she seeks to understand unexpected incidents and the people who live through them.
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Ryad Maouche

Born in the Paris suburbs, Ryad Maouch holds a master's degree in Journalism from CELSA (Paris-Sorbonne). In 2020, he co-founded the media company Frictions.

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Alexia Sena

Alexia Sena lives in Paris, she is French by desire and Cameroonian by heritage. She created in 2020 Joyeux Bazar, a podcast that questions and explores the multicultural experience. Alexia enjoys writing, coloring, and red wine.
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Abe H. Schwartz

Abe H. Schwartz is a creative writer, producer, and director based in Los Angeles, where he explores the intersections of identity, culture, and humor in his work.
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