Souad Sbai (Arabic: سعاد السباعي, romanized: Suʿād as-Sbāʿī; born 1961) is a Moroccan-born Italian politician and writer.
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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b "Souad Sbai / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Parlamento Italiano. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Associated Press (3 August 2011). "Italy approves draft law to ban burqa". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Catalogue record for thesis. Worldcat. 2005. OCLC 1080468033. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Staff – Fondazione Italia USA".
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