13 Facts About Caroline Fourest

Caroline Fourest was a columnist for Charlie Hebdo, for Le Monde until 14 July 2012, and she joined Marianne in 2016.

Caroline Fourest frequently appears on French media to discuss issues related to Muslims, feminism, Charlie Hebdo and Israel.

Caroline Fourest began serving as the President of the Gay and Lesbian Center in 1999.

In March 2006, Caroline Fourest signed MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism, a manifesto opposing Islamist totalitarianism that gained wide publicity.

Caroline Fourest has received several political awards for her work, including the National Award of "Laicite" in 2005, and the "Award of the political book" in 2006.

Caroline Fourest is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society,.

Caroline Fourest is an advisory board member of the Anna Lindh Foundation, an organization focused on intercultural dialogue.

Caroline Fourest has opposed far right FN politician Marine Le Pen and her politics in a book co-authored with Fiammetta Venner.

Caroline Fourest is the author of Frere Tariq, a critical look at the works of Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan, the central charges of which she and Mr Ramadan later debated.

Franc Tireur, of which Caroline Fourest is editorial director, was founded in November 2021 and its first issue was released on November 17,2021 in newsstands.

In October 2012, Caroline Fourest was sentenced to pay a fine of 800 euros and 3300 euros respectively in damages for libel against Marine Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen and Franck Chauffroy in a biography she wrote titled Marine Le Pen.

In October 2014, Caroline Fourest suggested that a racist attack on 17 year old Muslim girl Rabia Bentot in 2013 could have been fabricated or that if it was real, Bentot's family could have been responsible.

Caroline Fourest was accused of libel and ordered to pay 6,000 euros.