1. Immigrants arriving in Paris before 1914

2. Russian expatriates in Paris (1920s)

3. West African immigrants in Paris, 1947

4. Portuguese immigrants in shantytown near Paris, 1964

5. Asian immigrants in the 13 th arrondissement

7. Nanterre bidonville

8. Nanterre (left) 18 th arrondissement (right)

9. checking id cards, Goutte d’Or neighborhood, Paris, 1955

10. Demonstrations of October 17, 1961

11. Communist demonstration against OAS February 8, 1962

12. “Algerians are drowned here.”

13. Maurice Papon Paris Prefect of Police (1958-67)

14. Commemorative plaque in Aubervilliers (2001) “In memory of the numerous Algerians killed during the bloody repression of the peaceful demonstration of October 17, 1961”

15. Commemorative plaque in St-Denis (2007)

16. Commemorative plaque adjacent to Pont St-Michel (2001) “In memory of the numerous Algerians killed during the bloody repression of the peaceful manifestation of October 17, 1961”

17. Discussion questions for The Seine Was Red 1) What story does Sebbar tell about the events of October 1961? 2) What do we learn in her novel about the lives of Algerian immigrants to Paris? 3) What is the relationship between generations in the novel? 4) How does the cityscape of Paris and its suburbs figure in the novel?

18. Anti-immigrant graffiti, 1979