Azouz Begag
Azouz Begag | |
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عزوز بقاق | |
Delegate minister for equal opportunities | |
In office 2 June 2005 – 5 April 2007 | |
President | Jacques Chirac |
Prime Minister | Dominique de Villepin |
Personal details | |
Born | Rhône, France | 5 February 1957
Alma mater | Lumière University Lyon 2 |
Azouz Begag (
Before becoming minister, Begag was decorated and made
Early and personal life
Begag is the son of Algerian parents who arrived in France in 1949. In his teens, he qualified as an electrician. He grew up in a shanty town outside Lyon, "les bas quartiers", before the family progressed to a tower block in the Cité de la Duchère.
Begag is the father of two daughters. He is divorced from his wife.
Career in research
Begag has a doctorate in Economics from
Literary works
Begag has written approximately 20 literary books for adults and children, as well as songs. Furthermore, he is the scriptwriter of the French movie Camping à la ferme ("Camping at the farm"), where he exposed his vision of "three levels of riches" multiculturalism in today's French society : the advantages of its relatively new multiethnicity due to a new non-European immigration mixed with the basis of its historical and natural multiculturality whether coming from the riches of its several regional cultures and languages or from the successful integration of previous waves of European immigration during its history.
Begag's best known literary work (he has published many novels often inspired by his childhood) is the autobiographical novel
Social and political works
His most widely published book is his account in 2007 of his two years as minister. Titled The Sheep in the Bathtub, this is a reference to a quote from Nicolas Sarkozy warning French Muslims not to slaughter sheep in their bathtubs for Eid al-Adha.
Ministerial career
Azouz Begag was minister during the
He was, in October 2005, at the centre of a
On 16 March 2007, Begag officially announced his support for the UDF candidate François Bayrou.[4] Begag resigned from the French government on 5 April 2007.[5]
He is a MoDem regional councillor in the
Works
Books By Azouz Begag:
- Le gone du Chaâba, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Virgule, (1986)
- Béni ou le Paradis privé, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Virgule, (1989)
- L'Îlet aux vents, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Virgule, (1992)
- Les Chiens aussi, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Virgule, (1995)
- Zenzela, Éditions du Seuil, (1997)
- Dis Oualla, Éditions Fayard, Collection Libres, (1997)
- Tranches de vie, Kleth Verlag, (1998)
- Le Passeport (2000)
- Le Marteau Pique-cœur, Éditions du Seuil, (2004)
- Un mouton dans la baignoire, Fayard, (2007)
- Ethnicity and Equality: France in the Balance (2007) translated and with an introduction by Alec G. Hargreaves.
Books for children:
- Les Voleurs d'écriture, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Petit Point, (1990)
- La Force du berger, La Joie de Lire, (1991)
- Jordi et le rayon perdu, La Joie de Lire, (1992)
- Les Tireurs d'étoiles, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Petits Points, (1993)
- Le Temps des villages, La Joie de Lire, (1993)
- Une semaine de vacances à Cap maudit, Éditions du Seuil, Collection Petits Points, (1993)
- Mona ou le bateau-livre, Chardon Bleu, (1994)
- Quand on est mort, c'est pour toute la vie, Gallimard, (1995)
- Ma maman est devenue une étoile, La Joie de Lire, (1996)
- Le théorème de Mamadou, Ill. Jean Claverie, Éditions du Seuil, (2002)
References
- ^ "Azouz Begag – internationales literaturfestival berlin". www.literaturfestival.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Azouz Begag, principal opposant à Nicolas Sarkozy, Le Monde, 2 November 2005 (in French)
- ^ "France protests treatment of government minister by US authorities; US government admits mistake - Wikinews, the free news source". en.wikinews.org. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Azouz Begag soutient officiellement François Bayrou Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, AP, 16 March 2007 (in French)
- ^ Remaniement ministériel: communiqué de la Présidence de la République Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Élysée Palace, 5 April 2007 (in French)