Editing Sevran (section)

==Culture==
Sevran is home to an important music and dance school, the Espace François Mauriac, also known as the conservatoire de Sevran.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Many important French and international musicians have taught there, including [[Claude Ballif]], [[Allain Gaussin]] and [[Vincent Decleire]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The famous French rapper [[Kaaris]] is also from Sevran, born to parents from [[Ivory Coast]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Allegations surfaced in 2016 accusing some cafés and bars of [[Gender segregation|refusing to service women]], when 3 activists participated in a television report by journalist Caroline Sinz of France 2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qui est Nadia Remadna, pasionaria de la laïcité qui dénonce la non-mixité dans les banlieues {{!}} Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/nadia-remadna-pasionaria-de-laicite-denonce-non-mixite-banlieues-53899-19-12-2016/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website= |language=fr-FR}}</ref> In the report, the following sentence could be heard about a local café: "In this café, there is no diversity. We are in Sevran, we are not in Paris. You are in the 93 here! It's different mentalities, it's like back home."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-08 |title=VIDÉO - Un reportage montre des femmes "indésirables" dans les lieux publics |url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/debats-societe/video-un-reportage-de-france-2-montre-des-femmes-indesirables-dans-les-lieux-publics-7786186895 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.rtl.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> According to one of the activists, authorities turn a blind eye as the men support the mayor.<ref name="bfmtv8dec2016">{{cite news|url=http://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/femmes-indesirables-dans-des-lieux-publics-les-maires-ont-accepte-ca-parce-que-ces-gens-la-votent-pour-eux-1068339.html|title=Femmes indésirables dans des lieux publics: "Les maires ont accepté ça parce que ces gens-là votent pour eux"|date=8 December 2016|accessdate=17 December 2016|publisher=[[BFMTV]]}}</ref><ref name="sofr12122016">{{cite news|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/12/13/un-reportage-dans-un-bar-ou-les-femmes-sont-interdites-provoque-de-vives-reactions-3023628-4693.php|title=Un reportage dans un bar où les femmes sont interdites provoque de vives réactions|website=Sud Ouest.fr|date=13 December 2016 |accessdate=26 December 2016 |last1=Jandau |first1=Cécile }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/17/french-bar-tells-women-isnt-paris-men/|title='This isn't Paris. It's only men here' - Inside the French Muslim no-go zones where women aren't welcome|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-07-01|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/02/03/a-sevran-les-femmes-sont-elles-vraiment-indesirables-dans-les-cafes_5074244_3224.html|title=A Sevran, les femmes sont-elles vraiment indésirables dans les cafés ?|last=Alouti|first=Feriel|date=2017-02-03|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2017-08-17|language=fr|issn=1950-6244}}</ref>

However, the Bondy Blog, an online media outlet focusing on working-class districts, published an article in March 2017 questioning the France 2 report, claiming to have noted the presence of women in this café on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-03-11 |title=Bar PMU de Sevran: la contre-enquête du Bondy Blog |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/110317/bar-pmu-de-sevran-la-contre-enquete-du-bondy-blog |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Mediapart |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-10 |title=Bar PMU de Sevran : la contre-enquête du Bondy Blog |url=https://www.bondyblog.fr/societe/bar-pmu-de-sevran-la-contre-enquete-du-bondy-blog/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Bondy Blog |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrêt sur images |url=https://www.arretsurimages.net/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.arretsurimages.net}}</ref> A journalist from France 2 working for the  investigative newsmagazine [[Complément d'enquête]], who subsequently visited this café, also noted the presence of women and later abandoned the idea of filming a report there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-13 |title=Contre-enquêtes et bal de journalistes dans les bars perdus de la République |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/sur-le-radar/20170313.OBS6486/contre-enquetes-et-bal-de-journalistes-dans-les-bars-perdus-de-la-republique.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=L'Obs |language=fr}}</ref> The owner of the café later sued France 2 journalists [[David Pujadas]] and Caroline Sinz for racially-motivated libel.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-06-23 |title=Sevran : le patron du bar prétendument interdit aux femmes "détruit par un reportage mensonger" |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/sevran-le-patron-du-bar-pretendument-interdit-aux-femmes-detruit-par-un-reportage-mensonger-23-06-2020-8340612.php |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-16 |title=Bar "interdit" aux femmes à Sevran : la plainte contre Delphine Ernotte et David Pujadas jugée irrecevable - France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/bar-interdit-aux-femmes-a-sevran-la-plainte-contre-delphine-ernotte-et-david-pujadas-jugee-1615920500 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref>