Claiming space, when Muslim women of marginalised social housing neighbourhoods declare themselves citizens

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Islamophobia in France is not a new phenomenon, but in the period that followed the terrorist attack on the French weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo it became even harder for Muslims to make themselves heard. The embodied experiences of difference that all racialised people deal with in France, increasingly became part of the everyday lives of Muslim people. In the period post-attack, the space for Muslim activism rapidly narrowed. The fact that they are not heard does not mean, however, that they remain silent. The example of the Muslim women's collective Nous Citoyennes serves as an illustration for processes of politicisation and depoliticisation, and the role space plays in these processes. It is in space that political organisation takes place, but access to these spaces has become considerably more difficult in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.