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Logbook of a researcher in sociology in times of crisis: Investigating Jews and Muslims after the 7th of October and the following days
Author(s): Hathroubi, Samia
Date: 2025
Topics: Ethnomusicology, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Interfaith Dialogue, October 7 2023 attacks + aftermath, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: This article examines the profound impact of the 7 October 2023 events and their aftermath, particularly in the context of Jewish-Muslim relations in Europe. Drawing on personal reflections and academic research, it explores the sense of rupture experienced by individuals and organizations engaged in interfaith dialogue, emphasizing the emotional and political challenges of navigating a polarized geopolitical and intercommunal climate. The events are framed as a moment of heightened tension, intensifying long-standing narratives of conflict, particularly around antisemitism and its intersection with perceptions of Muslim communities. While these developments amplify existing dynamics, the article questions whether they represent a rupture, continuation or repetition of historical patterns. Situating this analysis within broader sociological frameworks, the article advocates for reflexive and engaged scholarship to address the complexities of identity, political discourse and social boundaries in times of crisis.
Learning the Language of the Other? Hebrew and Arabic in Two Parisian Associations
Author(s): Hathroubi, Samia
Editor(s): Gidley, Ben; Everett, Samuel Sami
Date: 2022
Topics: Main Topic: Other, Interfaith Dialogue, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Dialogue, Language, Education: Adult Education, Ethnography
Abstract: This paper analyses interactions between Jews and Muslims in Paris through a case-study of two Parisian not for profit organizations: Centre Culturel Dalâla and Parler en Paix. The aim of both organizations is to teach Hebrew and Arabic language to students of all levels. Based on fieldwork carried out within these organizations and through participant observation of their classes and cultural activities, I investigate the interpersonal relationships they create between Jews and Muslims on the one hand, and within each group on the other. Using a comparative approach, the paper discusses Jewish-Muslim relations, an often overlooked field within interreligious studies. It proposes an investigation through three perspectives: the generational, the memorial and post-colonial, and finally the transnational into which the Muslim-Jewish relationship in France is embedded allowing us to go beyond both irenic or binary visions of the relationship between Jews and Muslims in France, leaving behind a vision marked by an often tragic present.