Category: English

The fifth edition of the European Report on Islamophobia funded by the European Union has recently been published by the SETA research institute. The report analyzes discrimination phenomena by recording case studies and data for the year 2019 on 32 European countries, including Italy. The European Islamophobia Report (EIR) aims at analyzing and studying the […]

I meet Aisha Silvia Romano in the Via Padova area in Milan. As I am approaching her, an Egyptian lady stops her; “Are you Silvia?”, she asks. I decide to remain apart. I can’t hear what they are saying, but I can see two tears descending from the lady’s eyes.  Aisha Silvia smiles when they […]

On May 4, the second phase of lockdown in Italy began. On May 18, nonessential economic activities will resume and the restrictions on places of worship will be lifted. The Italian Episcopal Conference, the highest representative body of the Catholic Church, raised its voice and the Italian government finally decided to reopen the churches after […]