Rachid Benzine – L’homme qui lisait des livres

{"title":"Rachid Benzine – L\u2019homme qui lisait des livres","description":"\u003Cp data-start=\u00220\u0022 data-end=\u0022269\u0022\u003EA political scientist, Islamic studies scholar, and associate researcher at the Paul Ricoeur Fund (philosophy \u2013 hermeneutics), French-Moroccan teacher Rachid Benzine was recently appointed to France\u2019s National Consultative Ethics Committee for Life Sciences and Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022271\u0022 data-end=\u0022579\u0022\u003EHe published his first essay, \u003Cem data-start=\u0022301\u0022 data-end=\u0022340\u0022\u003ENous avons tant de choses \u00e0 nous dire\u003C\/em\u003E (Albin Michel, 1998), co-written with Father Christian Delorme, a key figure in Muslim-Catholic dialogue in a suburb of Lyon. He later co-authored \u003Cem data-start=\u0022488\u0022 data-end=\u0022537\u0022\u003EDes mille et une fa\u00e7ons d\u2019\u00eatre juif ou musulman\u003C\/em\u003E (Seuil, 2017) with Delphine Horvilleur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022581\u0022 data-end=\u0022701\u0022\u003EHis novel \u003Cem data-start=\u0022591\u0022 data-end=\u0022615\u0022\u003ELes silences des p\u00e8res\u003C\/em\u003E (Seuil, 2023) explores the generational gap between migrant fathers and their sons.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022703\u0022 data-end=\u0022967\u0022 data-is-last-node=\u0022\u0022 data-is-only-node=\u0022\u0022\u003EIn \u003Cem data-start=\u0022706\u0022 data-end=\u0022737\u0022\u003EL\u2019homme qui lisait des livres\u003C\/em\u003E (Julliard, 2025), he tells the story of a bookseller in Gaza who believes that books are our greatest hope for survival\u2014not to escape reality, but to fully inhabit it. A powerful act of faith in the transformative power of words.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022703\u0022 data-end=\u0022967\u0022 data-is-last-node=\u0022\u0022 data-is-only-node=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2025-09-18","end_date":"2025-09-18","date":"Thursday 18 September, 12:00","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20250918T100000Z","timing_end_date":"20250918T120000Z"}]}