“Commitment makes sense to me”

You are launching the “We continue the debate” collection. Tell us more…

Through works devoted to the major questions of our time, we extend the reflections initiated with personalities who have appeared on France 5 broadcasts. Cpolitics And In society a program that I now oversee as a producer.

The music that makes you happy in the morning?

Arabic festive music. It takes me back to my childhood and instantly provokes a smile and joy in me.

A person who meant a lot in your life?

My French grandmother, a practicing Catholic, at whose home I browsed The Pilgrim. Together we talked a lot about religion, even though I was not baptized. She taught me tolerance and solidarity.

The object that crosses generations in your family?

Two rosaries: one belonged to my grandmother, Catholic, and the other to my grandfather, Muslim.

I inherited it after their death.

I will, in turn, be able to pass them on to my children.

A quality that has been passed on to you?

The sense of commitment, received from my parents. They helped undocumented workers and my mother continues to deliver meals to isolated elderly people. At 10 years old, she was already taking me aboard humanitarian trucks in Romania.

What cause would you march for?

I would march against homophobia. The issue of refugees is also close to my heart, I welcomed some for months.

A humanitarian initiative that touched you?

The PAUSE program, which aims to bring researchers and artists out of Gaza, with their families. I myself have been to Palestine many times to set up music schools in refugee camps.

A spiritual place that inspires you?

The old city of Jerusalem, where the coexistence between the call of the muezzin and the church bells does me a lot of good. I am not a believer, but I am steeped in the religions of my grandparents.

If you are offered immortality, will you sign?

Right away.

Because I love life madly. But I would negotiate not to be the only immortal.