“Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has appeared on signs at recent demonstrations. It doesn’t make much sense (it means, “In the name of God, it’s the darkness”) but is seen as shorthand for a generational divide.

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Student demonstrations converged on Saturday with a broader protest movement against rising living costs, heightening a national reckoning.

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