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...interesting feature. The most remarkable strand of the plot follows the unnervingly charming SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) in his quest to hunt down the Jews of France. The opening scene of the movie consists of little more than a 15-minute long conversation between Landa and a French dairy farmer, Perrier LaPadite. Slowly and inevitably, Landa breaks down LaPadite’s resistance, reducing him to a quivering wreck and forcing him to surrender the Jewish family hiding in his cellar to be slaughtered. The brutality of the scene is shocking, but the power of Waltz?...
...Even so, the French media worked themselves into a lather in July when one woman demanded the right to swim in a burqini - a one-piece that resembles a wet suit - in a public pool that denied her entrance. Given that, it's little wonder that the approval - or disinterest - that the French public has shown the Zakia Halal ads has been a source of contentment and relief to many French Muslims. (Read "Halal: Buying Muslim...
...much negativity has recently been attached to so-called Muslim topics that there's a certain satisfaction that ads for halal products are being greeted as normal," Bendali says. "After so many years of being ordered to integrate into French society and culture, Muslims are interpreting the reaction to these ads as a sign that integration may finally be working in both directions. It appears the rest of France is starting to regard things like halal food as part...
...Still, don't expect to see the shelves stocked with Western versions of traditional North African fare, like microwaveable couscous or ready-made tagine. Those are things French Muslims still prefer to make themselves. Instead, what they're snapping up are more exotic dishes like lasagna, beef Bourguignonne and hachis Parmentier - à la halal bien...
Mountains were never enough for French stuntman Alain Robert, who conquered so many of them in his teens that he turned his attention to skyscrapers. Now 47, Robert has climbed some of the tallest buildings in the world, typically without the aid of safety equipment. On Sept. 1, armed with nothing but the chalk on his hands and some good climbing shoes, the "French Spiderman" added the 88-story Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur to his impressive list - which now totals more than 70 - of skyscrapers scaled. It was Robert's third attempt at climbing the building, a feat known...