ABSTRACT
Introduction Samira Bellil’s book was released shortly prior to a nationwide march entitled, ‘ Marche des femmes contre les ghettos et pour l’égalité ’, in which she participated as a fi gurehead. This march was organised by – and marked the emergence into ‘mainstream’ French public space of – the banlieue feminist organisation Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS) . Also in this year (2003), a text bearing the same name as the organisation was published by the organisation’s then-president, Fadela Amara, in collaboration with left-wing journalist, Sylvia Zappi.
