Alÿs, a Francophone native of Dutch-speaking Flanders, trained and practiced as an architect in Venice.
That's because 65% of the population considers itself Francophone, or native French speakers.
In a city with language and cultural divisions, the local news media have noted that the Quebec native will be the first francophone to head the English-language institution.
Another sticking point is multicultural Brussels which lies geographically in the heart of Flanders, has a native population that is around 90% Francophone, and provides employment for hundreds of thousands of Flemings.
And with French being accepted as the, uh, lingua franca of the province by anglophones and immigrants more or less without question, and with young francophones increasingly looking beyond their native province's borders for opportunities, there is less of a passion driving them to protect their identity.
When it comes to linguistic tussles at the European Union, it usually falls to the francophone and anglophone camps to argue over the superiority of their native tongue, with much of the bloc's paperwork churned out only in French and English.
September 27 2013 September 28 201313 At this festival of new and experimental work from the Francophone world, the dancer and choreographer explores the world of the al-aita singers of her native Morocco.
27-28 at 7:30".,"eventDates":{"startDate":"2013-09-27 30 .0:00+00:00", eventDates2013-09-28T00:00:00+00:00"}} At this festival of new and experimental work from the Francophone world, the dancer and choreographer explores the world of the al-aita singers of her native Morocco.
The song may be given added meaning by dint of its performer at Caramoor, the mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff, who, as an Ontario native now living in Montreal, has, like Baker in her day, become a kind of an expatriate amid Francophone culture.
Yavo!" (francophone slang for "foreigner").
