MixedThe Guardian (UK)Slimani, who is influential not only because of her journalism but also because she is Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative for French language and culture...attempts, somewhat brusquely, to head off inevitable criticism that she is indulging in \'opportunistic Islamophobia\', and has sold out to the west. My worries would be rather different, namely the random quality that arises from depending on those who came to her over such a short period, and the reliance on statistics from 2010 and from 2015, when she was on her book tour. I would also have liked to hear more from rural, traditional, and especially older women – not just a self-congratulatory chat with her housekeeper – and perhaps from one or two young men, who are also, in their way, victims of the system.
