Arab [top]: Beurettes

(suburbs) of France as a way for second-generation immigrants to reclaim their identity and distance themselves from the negative connotations of the word "Arabe". Initial Identity

She was what the neighborhood called a beurette —a daughter of the Maghreb born and raised in France. It was a label that felt like a tightrope. To her grandmother in Algeria, she was "the French girl" who spoke Arabic with an accent and wore jeans that were too tight. To her classmates at the university, she was the "Arab girl" whose name they still tripped over after three years. "Amina, the tea is ready," her mother called. beurettes arab