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I noticed something. You know how the word habibi (in every Arabic song) sounds like "baby" or "bby" and means "my beloved" ? well love in Arabic is Hubb (with the root letters hbb), and to add the possessive form in Arabic you ad "...i", so my love becomes "Hubbi" which sounds almost exactly like "hubby" (husband) in English! I think it's beautiful how words in languages that have nothing to do with eachother can connect like that, by pure coicidence.

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Six charming French songs from around the world Aïcha, Cheb Khaled (Algerian singer) 1996 With delightful verses filled with biblical and koranic allusions, this ballad is a classic love story. The singer belts out his love for Aïcha, who is not too interested in him and prefers to be independent. This song, written by a Jew and interpreted by a Muslim, is a cry for peace, and truly a masterpiece. Khaled went on to become one of the Arab world’s most famous singers, and has been named the King of Raï. His most recent hit, C’est la vie, has over 50 million views on YouTube. Papaoutai, Stromae (Belgian singer) 2013 How could I not mention it. With over 270 million views, this song is the most successful French song on YouTube. The contrast between its cheery beat and depressing lyrics about a boy searching desperately for his father (Papa, où t’es?) makes Papaoutai exceptional. The lyrics and video are just gorgeous, and definitely worth a listen. Amongst Stromae’s other hits, we count Formidable, Alors on dance, Carmen and Te Quiero. Quelqu’un m’a dit, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (Franco-Italian singer) 2002 France’s very own ex First Lady ! Yes, Carla Bruni, on top of being Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, is also a renowned and beloved singer. In this sweet ballad, she faintly remembers someone telling her that he ex-lover stills loves her (perhaps in a dream?). À toi, Mister You (Franco-Moroccan rapper) 2014 To you my little heart, to you my butterfly. In this sweet song, hardened rapper Mister You shows us his delicate side while nostalgically missing his ex-girlfriend. In the « thug French rapper from Morocco who also has a soft side » category, we also find La Fouine, whose notable piano ballad Tous les Mêmes delivers a message of equality between classes. Aux armes et cetera, Serge Gainsbourg (French singer) 1979 Out of Gainsbourg’s very large musical repertoire, I chose to include his Reggae rendition of France’s national anthem because of its innovator aspect. Indeed, France’s favourite bad boy recorded this song in Jamaica (Bob Marley’s wife is one of the backup singers) and thus brought the Reggae genre to France. The song sparked a controversy at the time of its release (but then again, Gainsbourg’s career is scandal after scandal). Amongst his best hits are Je t’aime… moi non plus, La Javanaise, Bonnie & Clyde and La chanson de Prévert, to name a few. If you are interested in Gainsbarre’s life, I recommend Joann Sfar’s 2010 fictional film Gainsbourg, vie héroïque, in which Laetitia Casta plays Brigitte Bardot. Mishapan Nitassinan, Chloé Sainte-Marie (French Canadian singer) 2009 Granted, it is not French technically. But I wanted to include this lullaby in the mix because Native people in Canada don’t have much of a voice and aren’t represented well in the media. This song doesn’t have any actual lyrics (except something along the lines of « Remember how big our land was »), the singer just sings a list of places and cities in present-day Canada, USA and Mexico that used to belong to the Native people. Other Amerindians singers include Philippe Mckenzie, Floyd Western and rapper Samian. Other memorable French musical artists : Charlotte Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy, Johnny Hallyday, George Brassens, Francis Cabrel, Coeur de Pirate, France Gall, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf, Celine Dion, Jacques Brel, Joe Dassin, Michel Delpech, Michel Polnareff, Lorie, Alizée.

I understand the concept of racial fetishism, but I fail to see why it's problematic. So a white guy likes asian women because they're asian (and thus he associates them with stereotypes like submissiveness and softness etc) and he likes manga and schoolgirls and japanese culture etc. And he wants a gf who looks east asian... so what ? It's not that he doesn't care about these women or doesn't see their humanity, it's just that he likes their appearance. And he's not appropriating the culture or doing anything disrespectful, he just has a preference when it comes to his romantic partners. Before multiculturalism was a thing, people could say "I prefer blonde girls, I prefer girls with big thighs, I don't like skinny, I like brown-hair, I like a submissive girl, I like an assertive girl" but now that different people live together and cultures mix together, it's somehow innapropriate to say "I prefer Japanese girls, or Latinas, or "I don't wanna date within this particular ethicity". Why ?