Valentina Colombo: Difference between revisions

Colombo was born in [[Cameri]].<ref name="gnosis"/> She graduated in Arabic Language and Literature from [[Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|Cattolica University]], Milan, and received a [[Ph.D.]] in Islamic Studies from [[Istituto Universitario Orientale]], Naples.<ref name="isgap">{{cite web|url=https://isgap.org/event/2014/05/2569/|title=Professor Valentina Colombo at Sapienza University of Rome|date=15 May 2014|publisher=The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy}}</ref> She has been a Distinguished Senior Fellow at [[Gatestone Institute]], a member of the Board of Guarini Institute for Public Affairs at [[John Cabot University]], Rome, a member of the scientific board of the Center Di-con-per Donne, [[University of Rome Tor Vergata]], as well as of the scientific board of the Institute of highHigh Studies for Women, Rome.<ref>{{cite, web|url=https://isgap.org/event/2014/05/2569/|title=Professorand Valentinaa Colombomember atof Sapienzathe UniversityCommittee offor Rome|date=15Italian MayIslam, 2014|publisher=The[[Ministry Institute forof the StudyInterior (Italy)|Ministry of GlobalInterior]].<ref Antisemitism and Policy}}<name="isgap"/ref> She has taught at the [[University of Bologna]], the [[Sapienza University of Rome]], the [[Tuscia University|Tuscia of Viterbo]], the Sacro Cuore of Milan and at the School of Higher Studies at Lucca.<ref name="gnosis"/> She is also the official Italian translator of the Nobel Prize winner [[Naguib Mahfouz]] and authors of classical and contemporary Arabic literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milanotoday.it/eventi/islam-plurale-europa-milano-10-marzo.html|title=L'Islam plurale in Europa: conferenza a Milano il 10 marzo|author=Ludovica|work=MilanoToday|date=6 March 2015|language=it}}</ref>

Colombo is the official Italian translator of the Nobel Prize winner [[Naguib Mahfouz]], and other authors of classical and contemporary Arabic literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milanotoday.it/eventi/islam-plurale-europa-milano-10-marzo.html|title=L'Islam plurale in Europa: conferenza a Milano il 10 marzo|author=Ludovica|work=MilanoToday|date=6 March 2015|language=it}}</ref> In 2004, Colomboshe edited an anthology of 20th century Arab writers in ''L'altro Mediterraneo: Antologia di scrittori arabi del Novecento''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://iris.unive.it/handle/10278/3785|title=L’altro Mediterraneo. Antologia di scrittori arabi del Novecento, a cura di Valentina COLOMBO, Milano: Mondadori, 2004|first=Antonella|last=Ghersetti|date=2006|journal=Quaderni di Studi Arabi|volume=1|pages=230-231|language=it}}</ref> In 2005, she was the editor of the anthology of short stories ''Parola di donna, corpo di donna: antologia di scrittrici arabe contemporanee'', a collection of 31 contemporary Arab women writers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/donne-arabe-si-svelano-e-mostrano-anima-e-corpo.html|title=Le donne arabe si svelano E mostrano anima e corpo|first=Marina|last=Gersony|work=il Giornale|date=1 August 2005|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tempi.it/voci-di-vita-nel-caos-della-morte/|title=Voci di vita nel caos della morte|first=Caterina|last=Giojelli|work=Tempi|date=14 June 2005|language=it}}</ref> She edited another anthology of 29 Arab poets in the book ''Non ho peccato abbastanza: antologia di poetesse arabe contemporanee'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/joumana-haddad-che-si-ispira-lilith-biblica-fawziyya-abu.html|title=Da Joumana Haddad, che si ispira alla lilith biblica, a Fawziyya Abu Khalid, «Indecente» antimaschilista|work=il Giornale|date=11 October 2007|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tempi.it/la-rosa-dei-tempi-46/|title=La rosa dei Tempi|work=Tempi|date=4 October 2007|language=it}}</ref> The same year, she edited ''Basta!: Musulmani contro l'estremismo islamico'', an anthology of essays from over 50 writers of Muslim background against Islamic extremism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://it.gariwo.net/libri-and-co/libri/fondamentalismo-e-terrorismo/basta-musulmani-contro-lestremismo-islamico-1821.html|title=Basta! Musulmani contro l’estremismo islamico|work=Gariwo|accessdate=9 June 2024|language=it}}</ref>

In her own writings, Colombo argues that the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] is infiltrating European societies in an effort to conquer the world forestablish an [[Islamic state]], and that it is connected to terrorist organisations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-european-foundation-for-democracy/|title=Factsheet: European Foundation for Democracy|work=Bridge Initiative|publisher=Georgetown University|date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIJyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA123|chapter=Muslim Civil Society Under Attack: The European Foundation for Democracy’s Role in Defaming and Delegitimizing Muslim Civil Society|title=Islamophobia and Radicalization: Breeding Intolerance and Violence|first=Farid|last=Hafez|editor-first1=John L.|editor-last1=Esposito|editor-first2=Derya|editor-last2=Iner|year=2018|publisher=Springer|pages=123-125|isbn=9783319952376}}</ref> In 2012, she participated in the international [[counter-jihad]] conference in Brussels, billed as the "International Conference for Free Speech & Human Rights".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-gates-of-vienna/|title=Factsheet: Gates of Vienna|work=Bridge Initiative|publisher=Georgetown University|date=18 September 2020}}</ref> She was also announced as a speaker at a conference of [[Stop Islamization of Nations]] (SION) in New York City the same year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sion-to-hold-international-congress-and-media-workshop-to-address-islamic-supremacist-war-against-free-speech-142749465.html|title=SION to Hold International Congress and Media Workshop to Address Islamic Supremacist War Against Free Speech|date=15 March 2012|work=PR Newswire}}</ref>