The Paris Club Scene
In the Heart of Paris, an African Beat - New York Times
The Washington Post's review of Moroccan restaurants in Paris has everything to do with wealthy Parisian chic and almost nothing to do with North Africa. No wonder people of North African descent are alienated in Paris.
The Post describes the scene at the restaurant 404 as follows:
"She" is a young woman in black who is celebrating a birthday in official 404 fashion: by gyrating on top of the bar with her shirt halfway raised in an attempt at belly dancing. Throughout the stylish restaurant-lounge - a perennial hot spot done up with casbah-cool décor - tables of media and fashion types abandon their bottles of Algerian Château Tellagh red wine, take out their digital cameras and mount the banquettes.
The "Arabian" scene in Paris sounds like nothing so much as post colonial French self indulgence.
i have a feeling that we could talk about racial stereotyping again here!
merry christmas and a happy new year. this comment had better not get rejected...
No, ma'am, this comment came through fine. Thanks for stopping by; I've missed your comments. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
First of all, it was a series of New York Times articles, not from the Washington Post. The articles were about PARIS North African restaurants, NOT about NORTH AFRICAN locations. There is a difference. I thought the articles were fun and pointed out some places to visit, many of which are owned by North Africans. Keep it in perspective and don't take it too seriously!