''Dans l'enfer des tournantes'' (''In the Hell of the Tournantes'') is a book by French activist

Samira Bellil Samira Bellil (24 November 1972 – 4 September 2004) was a French feminist activist and a campaigner for the rights of girls and women. Bellil became famous in France with the publication of her autobiographical book ''Dans l'enfer des tournantes ...

. The book focuses on life in the ''

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s'', where Bellil says that she and countless other young girls have been victims of organized

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s known as ''tournantes''. ''Banlieue'' literally translates as "suburb", but in the context of modern France, refers to the poorer housing estates, often populated by immigrants and their children, that ring the big cities. The book was first published on October 9, 2002.

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