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Through this text, we aim to better understand the expression of subjective, ethical and aesthetic experiences of Sufi women living in Montreal, all while identifying the dynamic interactions between the key concepts they foreground. These concepts seem to form a conceptual constellation that, for these women, makes up a grid of interpretation of the world and a guide on how to act in this world. Would such a hermeneutic action, which fuses conceptualization and the experiential in the day-to-day, participate both in the construction of the self and a co-existence where difference and otherness would fall under the scope of theophany and sanctity? This is the key question we ask here. We essentially rely on qualitative data. The analysis of this data allows us to see that unpardonable atrocities, perpetrated in the world in the name of Islam by a small, violent, radical minority, organized into murderous militants and reticent to any form of otherness, should not obscure the existence of an Islam of co-existence where the Other is subject to ennoblement.

Keywords: Soufisme, femmes, islam, religiosité, vivre-ensemble, concepts expérientiels, technologie de soi, herméneutique-action, éthique, esthétique, Canada, Maroc, Sufism, women, Islam, religiosity, co-existence, experiential concepts, technology of the self, hermeneutics action, ethics, aesthetics, Canada, Morocco

Keywords: médiation, traduction, plurilinguisme

Nadia Khrouz’s book explores the practices of law regarding foreigners in Morocco highlighting the diversity of actors involved at different levels. International and European pressures combine with the strategies of state and non-state actors, helping to adjust legal practices. Using an ethno-methodological approach, the author demonstrates that foreigners’ legal practices, particularly through the justice and administration’s activities, are influenced by the social and political perceptions of foreigners. As a result, it appears that the categories of foreigners are in flux, evolving in line with institutional policies and arrangements. Associations in particular are presented as key actors in the Moroccan context, filling gaps in public institutions and contributing to progress towards the rule of law and better access to justice. These associations use the law as a means of action, without opposing the regime in place, and are thus in line with the State’s vision of supporting the intervention capacities of civil society players. International institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees also intervene to reinforce the capacities of institutional actors and programs.

Keywords: Ethnométhodologie, Droit de la nationalité, Droit, Immigration, Afrique, Analyse des politiques publiques, Maroc, Ethnomethodology, Nationality right, Right, Immigration, Africa, Analysis of public policies, Morocco

Some Western academics and Muslim scholars often question Mouridism, this Islamic tradition initiated by Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba in Senegal at the turn of the 19th century. Through the theory of reception developed by Robert Jauss for literature, this paper argues that Mouridism as a reception of Islam in Black Africa is as true as other Islamic traditions that developed after the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 c.e. Thanks to Ahmadou Bamba's charisma and genius, Islam became a popular religion that it was called to be among Black Africans as well. Using the ideological potential of this religion, Ahmadou Bamba brought about the cultural, religious, political and economic emancipation of Wolof people and by extension of all Senegalese that are proud of his contribution to the struggle for the independence of their country. The wealth of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba's teaching and action is still to be unfolded to Africans and all those interested in seeking ways to develop the African continent.

In Tunisia, single mothers are conscious, from the moment they decide to assume the existence of their child that they will live outside the parental standard. In the light of our investigations, this article suggests to decrypt the context in which the social construction of the mother-child's link is outlined. Far from the biological evidence, the appropriation of mother's role passes by a political recognition but also a social one. Beyond the implicit and explicit rules of the filiation, strategies of the parenthood can be updated in a context of strong social stigmatization of these unmarried mothers going from the total denial of their maternity to normification attempts.

AbstractThrough the comparison of two international sporting events in the Tunisian context of early 21st century, this article clarifies the recent and current issues originating in past political uses. It appears that the staging, on the sport arena, of the relationships between the immediate political history and the long history aims first to promote the actual government, both nationally and internationally. By replacing the analysis within the framework of the political evolution of postcolonial Tunisia, this study shows how the increasing media impact of sport-spectacle is at the service of endogenous nationalism, official ideology, and, even more, of the authoritative leader. It emphasizes, beyond the obvious continuity of sport exploitation for political and ideological ends, the (re)building of the imaginary identity of postcolonial state-nations.

Keywords: La marche du monde

This article is based on a doctoral research on the television's contribution to the resocialization of immigrants from Tunisian origins newly established in Quebec. The results of this research, which addresses intercultural communication in a migratory context from the construction of the television content's meaning, reveal that television viewing exposes immigrants to a completely new universe and difficult to understand. Therefore, at the beginning of the stay, television is rarely mobilized as a way of resocialization and television viewing is rather a component of the immigration experience. Its use and effects merge with the social experiences of immigrants who have not been exposed to local television products before arriving in Quebec. Immigrants of Tunisian origin, more exposed to the French, American or Arab television products that are accessible in Tunisia, apprehend the contents of Quebec television in the light of their multiple television culture. They note that Quebec television stands out for its “Quebecocentrism” , while being strongly influenced by American standards.

Keywords: resocialisation des immigrants, intégration des immigrants, réception télévisuelle, internationalisation des médias, immigrants, immigrants resocialization, immigrants integration, reception of television content, internationalization of media, immigrants

The universality of the ideology of Human Rights is presently enjoying increased interest inspite of the limited results and disappointing concrete realizations achieved in this area. At the time of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the universality of the doctrine of Human Rights was only an illusion and the problems raised by the application of subsequent international accords have made evident the political conflicts which are at play behind the human rights debate. Presently, one may accurately speak of a "geopolitic of human rights". Starting from the precept that the best way to resolve opposing points of view is to begin with reality, the author examines the relative situation of Human Rights in three groups which are each relatively homogeneous : the Atlantic zone regrouping the pluralist constitutional democracies; the totalitarian countries including the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc countries and the communist countries of Asia and, finally, the zone of non-aligned countries of the "third world".

AbstractThis article, written from an Algerian perspective, analyzes and interprets current practises involving the appropriation and use of urban spaces, with specific emphasis on lifestyle and the relationships between public space and private space. These practices are materialized in the adaptation of habitat to inhabitant needs, several encroachments on public space and the flouting of official norms. At the same time, they are the concrete expression of cultural values and residential and economic patterns whose purpose is to provide a means of access to the so-called universal urban model.

Keywords: Algérie, espaces urbains, mode d'habiter, espace privé, espace public, usages, appropriations, Algeria, urban spaces, lifestyle, private space, public space, uses, appropriations