Magdi Allam
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Magdi Allam (April 22, 1952) is an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and writer, noted for his articles and books on the relations between Western culture and values, and the Islamic world.
When Allam was a kid in Egypt, his mother sent him off to an Italian catholic boarding school, where he began studying Western culture and civilization. Once he grew up, he decided to move to Italy.
Allam holds a degree in sociology from La Sapienza University of Rome. After working as journalist for several Italian publications (including the national daily newspaper La Repubblica), Allam joined the Corriere della Sera, Italy's biggest newspaper, for which he is an op-ed columnist and ad personam assistant publisher.
In Vincere la paura [Winning fear], Allam reports his own experience as a journalist protected by armed escorts, a condition he has had to endure ever since the Islamic movement Hamas allegedly threatened him of death if he did not stop criticizing Palestinian suicide bombers.[1]
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A nationwide-famous journalist, Magdi Allam's articles and books deal mostly with the Middle Eastern and Islamic world and its relations with the West. He is one of the country's most influential voices in the public discourse about Western relations with Arabic countries. In 2006, Magdi Allam was awarded the Dan David Prize.[2]
His radical criticism of the Islamic world is well known of in Italy. He often attacks several Islamic associations, supports a ban against building new mosques[3] and upholds complex, personal theories upon alleged underground relationships between Italian mosques and international terrorist groups[4]. These radical views caused several of his original supporters to eventually oppose him.
According to his supporters, Allam is the perfect archetype of moderate Muslim and Arab who has accepted Western ideals and culture[5]; according to his opposers, he's an unreliable person who spreads suspicion and hatred against Islam and Muslim people by reporting undocumented, unverified or even utterly false news[6].
[edit] Bibliography
- (Italian) Diario dall'Islam (A diary from Islam), Mondadori, 2002, ISBN 88-04-50478-1
- (Italian) Bin Laden in Italia. Viaggio nell'Islam Radicale (Bin Laden in Italy. A journey through radical Islam), Mondadori, 2002, ISBN 88-04-51416-7
- (Italian) Jihad in Italia. Viaggio nell'Islam Radicale (Jihad in Italy. A journey through radical Islam), Mondadori, 2002, ISBN 88-04-52421-9
- (Italian) Saddam. Storia Segreta di un Dittatore (Saddam. A dictator's secret history), Mondadori, 2002, ISBN 88-04-52756-0
- (Italian) Kamikaze made in Europe, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 88-04-54449-X
- (Italian) Vincere la paura (Winning fear), Mondandori, 2005, ISBN 88-04-55605-6
- (Italian) Io amo l'Italia. Ma gli italiani la amano? (I love Italy. Do Italians love her?), Mondadori, 2006, ISBN 88-04-55655-2
[edit] Notes
- ^ (Italian) http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2005/05_Maggio/27/libroallam.shtml Sneak preview of Vincere la paura (Winning fear)
- ^ Dan David Prize laureat
- ^ Moschee-mania, serve uno stop ("Mosque-mania needs stopped"), Corriere della Sera, September 29th, 2005
- ^ Corriere della Sera, September 24th, 2003
- ^ One of Magdi Allam's supporters
- ^ One of Magdi Allam's opposers
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Magdi Allam's page on the Corriere della Sera's web site.
- Dialogue To Win Peace by Renato Farina (Traces magazine. June 2004)
