banlieue

Marine Le Pen sparked fear and activism in France's poor suburbs

Photos of My High School Friends in Our Favourite Haunts

Regina Lemaire-Costa grew up in the Paris suburb of Creteil – one of the city's "banlieues", which are demonised in the media for being havens for violent crime and terrorism.

Photos of Parisian Bikers in the 70s

Photographer Yan Morvan was one of the first to document the disorientation of young people in the French suburbs.

This Is What Love in Clubland Looks Like

The video for the Blaze's 'Virile' perfectly articulates the romance of fraternity and its place in club culture.

There's an Apartheid in France and the Paris Attacks Could Make It Worse

French political analyst Thomas Guénolé tells us about the prejudice faced by young Muslims living in French suburban ghettos.

Paris Suburb Commemorates Ten Years Since Two Teens' Deaths Sparked the 2005 French Riots

Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris, recalled the day 10 years ago when two young men died after being chased by police into an electrical transformer site. The deaths of Bouna Traoré and Zyed Benna sparked the 2005 riots that spread through France.