French local election candidate Sara Zemmahi, wearing a hijab, distributes her campaign flyer with the slogan 'Different, but united for you' to supporter Raz Aziz next to fellow group candidate Mahfoud Benali as they campaign ahead of the upcoming French local elections at the La Mosson market in Montpellier, France, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yiming Woo
MONTPELLIER, France (Reuters) - Laboratory technician Sara Zemmahi was running to be a local councillor backed by President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party until last month when it withdrew its support. Her transgression: wearing her hijab in a campaign poster.
The 26-year-old and the three other candidates who had been on the same ticket are now running as independents in the southern city of Montpellier under the slogan "Different but united for you".
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