Caroline Fourest


Caroline Fourest is a French feminist writer, film director, journalist, radio presenter at France Culture, and editor of the magazine ProChoix. She is the author of Frère Tariq, a critical look at the works of Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan. She was also a columnist for Charlie Hebdo, for Le Monde until 14 July 2012 and she joined Marianne in 2016.

Education and career

A graduate in sociology and political science, Fourest has written many books about the conservative right, the anti-abortion movement, and contemporary fundamentalist trends in Abrahamic religions. She also began serving as the President of the Gay and Lesbian Center in 1999.
In March 2006, Fourest signed, a manifesto opposing Islamist totalitarianism that gained wide publicity. The other eleven signatories include Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasreen, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Fourest has received several political awards for her work, including the National Award of "Laïcité" in 2005, and the "Award of the political book" in 2006. She is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society,
She is an advisory board member of the Anna Lindh Foundation, an organization focused on intercultural dialogue.
Fourest has opposed far right FN politician Marine Le Pen and her politics in a book co-authored with Fiammetta Venner.
In 2014 the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, the institution regulating the media in France, accuses Caroline Fourest of lack of rigor and unverified statements in her reporting of the Ukrainian crisis.

Defamation accusations

In October 2012, Caroline Fourest was sentenced to pay a fine of 800 euros and 3300 euros respectively in damages for libel against Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen and Franck Chauffroy in a biography she wrote titled Marine Le Pen.
In October 2014, Fourest suggested that a racist attack on a young Muslim girl in 2013 could have been fabricated or that if it was real, the girl's family could have been responsible. Fourest was subsequently accused of libel and ordered to pay 6,000 euros. The verdict has been appealed and reverted since the accusation was made after the three-month legal delay. The attacker, Rabia Bentot was fined to pay back Caroline Fourest 4000 euros for abusive procedure. This affirmation comes from her blog and not any news press reported this assertion.

Works

Books

Filmography