Safia as a modern Marianne (thumbnail)
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Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS), “Neither Whores nor Submissives,” is a French feminist movement set up in response to acts of violence against women, particularly in Islamic neighborhoods. In 2003, NPNS staged a march through more that 20 cities of France. Their message was incorporated into the official Bastille Day celebrations later that year in Paris, when 14 posters of modern woman of different ethnicities dressed as Marianne were displayed on the columns of the Palais Bourbon, the home of the Assemblée nationale. Thumbnail image of Safia as a modern Marianne. Source: Les symboles et les valeurs del la République. License: CC BY-NC-SA.
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Safia as a modern Marianne (thumbnail)
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A Muslim woman dressed as Marianne wearing a phrygian cap. Text below reads 'I'm afraid Marianne today is in danger'.
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Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS), “Neither Whores nor Submissives,” is a French feminist movement set up in response to acts of violence against women, particularly in Islamic neighborhoods. In 2003, NPNS staged a march through more that 20 cities of France. Their message was incorporated into the official Bastille Day celebrations later that year in Paris, when 14 posters of modern woman of different ethnicities dressed as Marianne were displayed on the columns of the Palais Bourbon, the home of the Assemblée nationale. (Image of Safia as a modern Marianne. Source: Les symboles et les valeurs del la République. License: CC BY-NC-SA.)
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Image of Safia as a modern Marianne.
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