Souad_Sbai

Souad Sbai

Souad Sbai

Italian politician

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

Sbai in 2008

She was born in Settat, Morocco, on 5 February 1961.[1] She has lived in Italy since about 1979.[2]

She was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013,[1] and in 2011 sponsored legislation to ban wearing the burqa in public in Italy.[3] She has been criticised, alongside Daniela 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 the Italy-USA Foundation.[6]

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. [1]
    "Souad Sbai / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Parlamento Italiano. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. [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. [3]
    Associated Press (3 August 2011). "Italy approves draft law to ban burqa". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. [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. [5]
    Catalogue record for thesis. Worldcat. 2005. OCLC 1080468033. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Staff – Fondazione Italia USA".


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