Souad Sbai
Souad Sbai(Arabic:سعاد السباعي,romanized:Suʿād as-Sbāʿī;born 1961) is a Moroccan-born Italian politician and writer.
She was born inSettat,Morocco, on 5 February 1961.[1]She has lived in Italy since about 1979.[2]
She was a member of the ItalianChamber of Deputiesfrom 2008 to 2013,[1]and in 2011 sponsored legislation to ban wearing theburqain public in Italy.[3]She has been criticised, alongsideDaniela Santanchè,for "setting the political agenda according to a demeaning image of Muslim women".[4]In 2009 she received death threats from Muslim radicals.[2]
Her doctoral thesis (Naples, 2005) was"Diritti delle donne e associazionismo femminile nei paesi del Maghreb",( "Women's rights and women's associations in the Maghreb countries" ).[5]
She is a member of theItaly-USA Foundation.[6]
Selected publications
[edit]- Sbai, Souad (2010).L'inganno: vittime del multiculturalismo.Cantagalli.ISBN9788882724665.(Deception: victims of multiculturalism)
- Sbai, Souad (2012).Il sogno infranto.Curcio.ISBN9788897508113.(The broken dream)
- Sbai, Souad (2015).Isis: dietro il palcoscenico dell'orrore(Iizione ed.).ISBN9788868680961.(Isis: behind the stage of horror)
References
[edit]- ^ab"Souad Sbai / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico".storia.camera.it(in Italian). Parlamento Italiano.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^ab"Moroccan-Italian MP Souad Sbai receiving death threats from Muslim radicals".Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America.1 April 2009.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^Associated Press (3 August 2011)."Italy approves draft law to ban burqa".The Guardian.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^Afshar, H. (2012).Women and Fluid Identities: Strategic and Practical Pathways Selected by Women.Springer.ISBN978-1-137-26530-2.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^Catalogue record for thesis.Worldcat. 2005.OCLC1080468033.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^"Staff – Fondazione Italia USA".
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