@article{347842, author = {Hughes, Kathleen. and Fink, Micah. and Husain, Mishal, and Gerges, Fawaz A., and Sanders, Jay O.,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/347842}, title = {Young, Muslim, and French [videorecording] /}, publisher = {Films for the Humanities & Sciences,}, abstract = {France's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves (hijab) in public schools--a law widely perceived by Muslims to be an undemocratic expression. Wide Angle explores this conflict in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys. Also featured is the local high school principal, Ghislaine Hudson, a member of the commission charged with reviewing the use of religious symbols. After the program, Professor Fawaz Gerges also discusses secularism in France. Unemployment and the economic plight of the French Muslim minority and lack of social integration is also discussed.}, recid = {347842}, pages = {1 videodisc (60 min.) :}, address = {Princeton, N.J. :}, year = {2006}, }