'I asked for French citizenship so that I could vote, too,' says Algeria-born musician
Published on: Monday 14 March 2022
Mohand Boughalem became a citizen of France only months ago, in December. Poised to savour the opportunity to vote in his first French presidential election in April, the Algeria native had applied precisely for that privilege and to get involved, fully and completely, in French democratic life. "I had already voted in Algeria, but it isn't the same. An election there is a foregone conclusion because, let's be honest, it's a dictatorship," the...