Speaker
Myriam François
Author, broadcaster, podcast host
"Creating a sense of co-existence and community is about forging a shared identity which all members of society can identify with and I think this will necessarily begin with quite a profound reform of education."
Dr Myriam François is a trailblazing journalist, filmmaker and writer currently working at Al-Jazeera. Myriam’s writing is featured widely in the British press, including the Guardian, TIME, Foreign Policy, the Telegraph, CNN online and Middle East Eye, among others. In 2019, Myriam started the We Need to Talk About Whiteness Podcast to pioneer conversations around structural whiteness in the UK.
"Creating a sense of co-existence and community is about forging a shared identity which all members of society can identify with and I think this will necessarily begin with quite a profound reform of education."
Dr Myriam François is a trailblazing journalist, filmmaker and writer currently working at Al-Jazeera. Myriam’s writing is featured widely in the British press, including the Guardian, TIME, Foreign Policy, the Telegraph, CNN online and Middle East Eye, among others. In 2019, Myriam started the We Need to Talk About Whiteness Podcast to pioneer conversations around structural whiteness in the UK.
Myriam François Videos
The Really Real
Is absolute right and wrong a fantasy?
The essential philosophy of fun
Have we lost out on the best part of life?
Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?
Happily ever after
Romantic love isn't the only love
Sisters and the Sisterhood
Can elite women help all women?
More Videos
Reason and the Gods
What do secular and religious worldviews share?
Ideology and the East
We overstate the importance of religion in terrorist acts.
Dreams of Equality
What does mainstream feminism promise?
Je Suis Charlie?
Is our belief in freedom a fantasy?
Decolonising Britain
Creating post-colonial identity | Myriam Francois
Justice in jeopardy
Innocence and guilt in the modern world
Tolerance and outrage
Have we become an increasingly intolerant society?
The morality of sex
Should monogamy fall from its moral highground?
New gods and lost rituals
Should religion play a role in modern life?
What I've learned about whiteness
Moving towards a fairer society
Creativity and freedom
Should there be limits on creative freedom?
Bad boys
Is danger integral to desire?
The final wave
Free speech and feminism
Truth, Gaza and Reportage
Truth in conflict
Overcoming tribal division
Is our society too divisive?
How to think about whiteness
Overcoming the taboo
Happily ever after
Romantic love isn't the only love
Sins of the past, visions of the future
How our construction of race impacts the future
Promiscuity and power
A path to empowerment?
The essential philosophy of fun
Have we lost out on the best part of life?
Forbidden Fruit
Sex and taboo in the modern age
Extinction and Renewal
Are we facing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction?
Values of the West
Do we need a new set of ideals?