Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 16 - 22 July 1998 Issue No.386
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On Sunday, France led by Zinedine Zidane became the first Arab country to win the World Cup. Yet under the new laws, immigrants seem to get a frostier reception than ever. Al-Ahram Weekly's correspondents in Paris celebrate Bastille day with a long hard look at the realities of liberty, equality and fraternity

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Zizou the hero When the referee's whistle blew for the end of the match between Brazil and France, two million people in Paris alone poured out into the streets to celebrate the nation's triumph, filling the Champs Elysées from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, Hosni Abdel-Rehim reports from among the jubilant crowds.
The bright lights of Paris Despite electoral promises to liberalise France's heritage of infamous immigration laws, writes Andrew Manley, the Jospin government's amnesty is merely part of a strategy to reinforce a policy of control and repression -- and one that is doomed to failure
Occupied France In despair at ever being regularised, illegal immigrants have been occupying churches across France in the attempt to draw attention to their plight. A short walk from the Eiffel Tower, Peter Snowdon met the members of the Third Collective
Starting in the street Charles Hambourg is an activist with the association Barikad, which is involved in direct action against the present immigration laws in France. He talked to Al-Ahram Weekly about the state's attempts to co-opt social protest and the continuing threat of the Front National

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