This Topic: the new citizens

Louisa Yousfi

November 15 2023, 6.30pm

French journalist and writer born to Algerian parents, Louisa Yousfi writes on behalf of what she calls "the barbarians": foreign-born boys and girls destined to remain aliens in the suburbs of the Western countries where they were born. According to the author, their "barbarism" is an asset to be claimed and defended. Her first book Rester barbare, published in Italy by Derive Approdi (2023), is a journey into radical otherness, a punch in the stomach of Western narratives and its integration policies.

Info

Part of the This Topic series of meetings, curated by Paolo Iabichino, writer, publicist and creative director, and Daniele Rosa, editorial director at Luiss University Press.

Credits

The talk is held in French with consecutive translation into Italian.

Thank you to the publish house Derive Approdi for the collaboration.