After the publication of his book I will not hate In 2011, the Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish was the subject of a documentary produced by Tal Barda, Franco-American filmmaker. Considered an international peace ambassador nominated five times for this Nobel Prize, the professor returns in particular in A doctor for peace, On the murder of three of his daughters when an Israeli army tank draws an outburst at close range on his house in Gaza in 2009.
The interest of the film, shot and mounted before the events of October 7, 2023, lies, for its director in “Testimonials from both the doctor and his children who are powerful, in particular his daughters who speak for the first time of what happened in 2009 (…). We feel their pain and their suffering. But what is also important, according to [elle]it is the images of a gaza band that no longer exists today. They are almost archives. ”
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“I have rarely seen a story that can have so much impact with a lot of tragedies inside, but also light in current darkness.”
Such a fencein franceinfo
For Izzeldin Abuelaish, it is simple to “Going over the disinformation, the prejudices maintained by certain media over the Palestinians, telling the truth, transmitting it and communicating with people. “
“We need the world to know who are the Palestinians, who we are, where we come from and what we are confronted with. The Palestinians are like you the French. They are people like the others who want to live with their hopes and their dreams”
Izzeldin Abuelaishin franceinfo
According to Tal Barda, films, documentaries, works and stories are inseparable from a peace process. For her, “You have to have projects that have an impact. How to impact society and influence powers or institutions with a strong history?” For Izzeldin Abuelaish on the other hand, “The war should not be explained and documented as we do. It must be prevented. It’s time to say never again it should no longer happen to the Palestinians, the Israelis or the world. “
A peace for peacefrom Tal Barda with Izzeldin Abuelaish, indoors from April 23, 2025.
Free wheels or understand cycling and its universe
Intended for those “Who don’t understand why we can lose hours to watch guys”, Liber wheelsthe new book by journalist François-Guillaume Lorrain explains and popularize cycling. Through 60 scenes, 60 portraits and 60 situations, the author details strategies, cogs and interests of this sport, the largest annual competition of which will start on July 5.
“Make the train”“Yoyo of Hope “ or “Mr. Arrival “these terms are all explained and told in the first person. “”It was almost as for the theater. (…) You may have noticed that we hardly see their faces because they have their helmet, their glasses, they only say banalities. We no longer have access to their privacy, to their thoughts. So it may be presumptuous on my part, but I wanted to know. “
“These are machines themselves and their bicycle and at the same time, there is this human factor that we take in the face.”
François-Guillaume Lorrainin franceinfo
In addition to the technical and increasingly mathematical aspects of this sport where “Nothing is left to chance”, François-Guillaume Lorrain also questions the societal scope of cycling. “”What is interesting is that bicycle is truly the battlefield. For example, we find all the conspirators. They have arguments and we understand why, because history speaks for them. It is also a resonance box of our time and it was the interest of this book. “
Free wheels (Au Éditions Le Cerf), by François-Guillaume Lorrain, available in bookstores.
Lamomali’s new album
Lammomiliiliali is the phonetic contraction of “the soul in Mali” but also the name of the musical collective launched eight years ago, notably by Matthieu Chedid and Fatoumata Diawara. After more than 300,000 albums sold, a tour and a music victory, the group returns this spring with a new album.
Music. “Lamomali” by -M-, a project to “go up the vibrations”
If many voices mingle – like those of Amadou and Mariam, Oxmo Puccino or Patrick Watson – there will however be one, that of Toumani Diabaté. Considered one of the biggest players in Kora, an instrument with Malian strings, the latter died in July 2024 but some of his recorded games will appear in the album.
“Lamomali is a family, it’s a link that remains so solid that we just needed to meet. And that’s why I’m proud to see us continue the adventure without him.”
Fatoumata Diawarain franceinfo
Totemnew album of Lamomali, on tour at the Nuits de Fourvière in Lyon, in the Francofolies de La Rochelle, at the Europavox festival in Clermont-Ferrand or in Solidays.
A program with the participation of Yann Bertrand, journalist in the Franceinfo Culture Service.
