Identity is experienced, built, sometimes undone and may even be transmitted. The paths are numerous, complex, and far from being acquired, identity is often conquered over time. Gender, race, religion, sexual orientation... are all gripping and intimate subjects, we talk about here.

12 episodes

All Identities Combined

Non fiction 7 min.

French, Jewish, and Leftist: The Dilemma of Belonging in Divided Times

Even long before the bloody terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7, 2023, followed by the atrocious carnage carried out by Israel in Gaza, I felt, like many leftist Jews, this difficult tension: being caught between a minority, my own, increasingly shifting to the right, and my political camp, increasingly permeable to anti-Semitism, far beyond any anti-Zionism. Today, it is a true heartbreak.

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The Wall In Our Eyes

There are walls we can't see, invisible walls that draw lines in our minds. Walid discovers them on vacation on the beaches of Zeralda, where the horizon seems to separate Algeria and France. It's only in Mexico City, when he meets Italian Giuseppe, that these borders become blurred, revealing that identity is built on encounters and memories, far beyond the lines drawn on a map.

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Long read 8 min.

Naturalization: a step on the winding road to dual identity

How can a tiny piece of paper — an identity card — have such an impact on a life, an identity?

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Long read 7 min.

Palestinians in Lebanon : being and wanting to truly exist

In the spring of 2021, an 11-day war between Israel and Palestine erupted, initiating a period of anxiety and anger for the approximately 260,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. However, this conflict is also a source of hope and pride.

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First Person 19 min.

Guinea, United States, France: the three lives of Abdel Camara

He was born in Guinea, studied in the United States, moved to France. Abdel is at the same time, Guinean, American, maybe soon French, and also, muslim. So he knows a lot about what it means to "be black" in this world.

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Long read 8 min.

The many faces of Paris

From the depths of Yvelines to the south of the Seine-Marne, the inhabitants of Île-de-France often embody a rurban lifestyle in which a diversity of landscapes and identities abound.

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