Samira Bellil Memorial

by Lindsay (LindsayLBenedict [at] gmail.com)

Sat, Sep 11, 2004 3:50PM

Thirty-one year old Samira Bellil a French Muslim woman whose book recounted being gang raped as a teenager in a Paris suburb, died last week of stomach cancer. The controversial memoir called “In Gang Rape Hell” was published in 2002 and became a best-seller in France. Ms. Bellil explored her violent childhood growing up in a marginalized immigrant community in France. One minute audio memoir.

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by Lindsay (LindsayLBenedict [at] gmail.com)

Sat, Sep 11, 2004 3:50PM

In 2003, there was some healthy discourse through the UK Indymedia site over an article about Life in Islamic France (In Gang Rape Hell). See: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/08/275522.html

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by imcista

Sat, Sep 11, 2004 7:20PM

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