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]
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]