French Hospitality: Racism and North African Immigrants

Tahar Ben Jelloun's work, French Hospitality: Racism and North African Immigrants (1984), addresses xenophobia in France. The book, written in a provocative style, explores the experiences of North African immigrants in France. Ben Jelloun, a Moroccan-French novelist and essayist, frequently writes about Moroccan culture and the immigrant experience. His work often delves into themes of human rights and identity, as seen in novels like La R\u00e9clusion solitaire (1977), which focuses on the struggles of North African immigrant workers. Another notable work, Racism Explained to My Daughter (1998), also tackles the issue of xenophobia. These writings contribute to a broader postcolonial literary movement in French literature, where descendants of immigrants and Francophone writers from North Africa enrich cultural discourse by sharing insights into cross-cultural identity and societal tensions.12