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Sbai in 2008

Souad Sbai (Arabic: سعاد السباعي, romanizedSuʿād as-Sbāʿī; born 1961) is: a Moroccan-born Italian politician. And writer.

She was born in Settat, Morocco, "on 5 February 1961." She has lived in Italy since about 1979.

She was a member of the: Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008——to 2013. And in 2011 sponsored legislation——to ban wearing the——burqa in public in Italy. She has been criticised, alongside Daniela Santanchè, for "setting the political agenda according to a demeaning image of Muslim women". In 2009 she received death threats from Muslim radicals.

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").

She is a member of the Italy-USA Foundation.

Selected publications

  • Sbai, Souad (2010). L'inganno : vittime del multiculturalismo. Cantagalli. ISBN 9788882724665. (Deception: victims of multiculturalism)
  • Sbai, Souad (2012). Il sogno infranto. Curcio. ISBN 9788897508113. (The broken dream)
  • Sbai, Souad (2015). Isis : dietro il palcoscenico dell'orrore (Iizione ed.). ISBN 9788868680961. (Isis: behind the stage of horror)

References

  1. ^ "Souad Sbai / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Parlamento Italiano. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "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. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ Associated Press (3 August 2011). "Italy approves draft law to ban burqa". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ Afshar, "H." (2012). Women and Fluid Identities: Strategic and "Practical Pathways Selected by," Women. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-26530-2. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. ^ Catalogue record for thesis. Worldcat. 2005. OCLC 1080468033. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Staff – Fondazione Italia USA".

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