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  • Known as the beurgeois - a play on bourgeois and the word beur, slang for a French person of North African descent - these new consumers are behind a rapidly expanding and highly profitable market in halal food and drinks.

    economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Known as the beurgeois - a play on bourgeois and the word beur, slang for a French person of North African descent - these new consumers are behind a rapidly expanding and highly profitable market in halal food and drinks.

    economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Known as the beurgeois - a play on bourgeois and the word beur, slang for a French person of North African descent - these new consumers are behind a rapidly expanding and highly profitable market in halal food and drinks.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • The rare chosen few [who are government officials] are usually confined to the role of "beur" or "black" service [6]

    Indybay newswire Mouvement des Indigènes de la République/ Mov 2010

  • The rare chosen few [who are government officials] are usually confined to the role of "beur" or "black" service [6].

    Indybay newswire Mouvement des Indigènes de la République/ Mov 2010

  • 6-The term "beur" refers to Maghrebs/North Africans.

    Indybay newswire Mouvement des Indigènes de la République/ Mov 2010

  • 6-The term "beur" refers to Maghrebs/North Africans.

    Indybay newswire Mouvement des Indigènes de la République/ Mov 2010

  • Notice the play on words: l'ivresse = drunkenness (in this case, Livresse, we have livre lushes or book boozers!) beurré (beur-ay) adjective

    The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Notice the play on words: l'ivresse = drunkenness (in this case, Livresse, we have livre lushes or book boozers!) beurré (beur-ay) adjective

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Ostensibly in France's "blanc, black et beur" team, blanc should be the primary color.

    Muriam Haleh Davis: Africa and the World Cup: Soccer as Evolution? Muriam Haleh Davis 2010

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