
In search of Saadia
Who was Saadia, and why has she been forgotten? A search for one woman’s story opens up bigger questions about race, migration, belonging, and the gaps history leaves behind.
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Shreya Parikh is a dual PhD candidate in sociology at CERI-Sciences Po Paris and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Who was Saadia, and why has she been forgotten? A search for one woman’s story opens up bigger questions about race, migration, belonging, and the gaps history leaves behind.
The pathologization of ‘migrants’ in Tunisia and France shows how race and poverty shape our understanding of belonging.
Tunisia had sought to Arabize itself since independence and failed. It’s relation to France still very much defines the country’s character.