While some people attacked Rachida Dati about the Arabic first name she gave to her daughter, the elected official did not hesitate to respond to them.
On January 2, 2009, Rachida Dati gave birth to her little Zohra. This choice of first name quickly earned him several criticisms about its origin. Politicians themselves criticized him, like Eric Zemmour, on September 12, 2016. He indeed judged that this first name was not appropriate. “with the history of France”.
This Tuesday, November 14, Anne Hidalgo’s rival was invited on the set of Quotidien alongside Azzeddine Ahmed-Chaouch, for whom she participated in The Arab in the Post, his documentary. She then reacted to criticism of his daughter’s first name : “No one came forward to say that it was disgusting. I remember, I had an interview with Jean-Michel Aphatie on RTL to denounce it, it didn’t shock anyone”, she said. She had already responded to Eric Zemmour, targeted by eight complaints, on BFMTV.
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Rachida Dati “When I called her Zohra, he already made a chapter of it in his book”
Although she shouldn’t have had to do it, Rachida Dati explained the choice of her daughter’s first name: “When I gave birth, I called Zohra my daughter because I loved mom. And as Azzedine’s mother rightly says [dans le documentaire, ndlr]in our families, giving a first name carries something with it”she said.
Then, once again, the politician returned to Eric Zemmour’s attitude and comments towards her, following the first name chosen for his little daughter: “When I called her Zohra, he already made a chapter in his book, a whole column saying that I had to resign from the Ministry of Justice because I was totally unworthy of having called my daughter with a Muslim first name… It’s an Arabic first name”, she delivered. She also explained be opposed to choosing the first names of your children from the calendar in order to force them to give them French first names.
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