The underlying reason for this is the Europeans' fear that Islamists could gain power. Many still consider authoritarian Arab regimes to be the lesser evil.

Of course former colonial powers are always more present and influential. They're the ones who need to defend the EU's values on the frontlines.

Tunisia is extremely dependent on economic conditions in Europe, which is why it also experienced shockwaves from the euro crisis.

Political Islam is not a homogeneous bloc.

When it comes to France, it seems to me the fundamental question is how a former colonial power should interact with its former colony.

Writings are thoughts in a defined moment.

Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.

We do not know what is on the other side of the storm.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

If you're never ridden a fast horse at a dead run across a desert valley at dawn, be of good cheer: You've only missed out on one half of life.

You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

I am originally from Indiana. I know what most of you are thinking: Indiana - mafia.

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky

The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it.