Arabs in Italy

Arabs in Italy (Italian: Gli arabi in Italiacode: it is deprecated ) are mostly expatriates from a range of Arab countries, particularly Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, the Palestinian Territories, and Iraq; and also small groups from Jordan, Algeria and Sudan. As a result of the Arab Spring (Libyan Civil War and Syrian Civil War), many have the status of refugees or illegal immigrants, trying to immigrate especially to France, Germany and Sweden.

Notable people

• Julia Domna (170-217), wife of Roman emperor Septimius Severus
• Elagabalus (203-222), descendant of Domna, Roman emperor from 218-222 A.D.
• Philip the Arab (204-249), Roman emperor from 244-249 A.D.
• Zenobia (240-275) - queen from Syria
• Simone Assemani (1752–1820), professor of Oriental languages in Padua
• Magdi Allam (1952), journalist and politician
• Adel Smith (1960), founder of the Union of Italian Muslims
• Stephan El Shaarawy (1992), footballer
• Mostafa Errebbah (1971), long-distance runner
• Nadia Ejjafini (1977), long-distance runner
• Malika Ayane (1984), singer
• Jonis Khoris (1989), footballer
• Yonese Hanine (1990), footballer
• Jaber Alwan (1948), artist and painter
• Michelle Nouri (1973), journalist and author
• Haider Rashid, director, producer and writer
• Iyad Anwar Wali, businessman
• Ilaria Spada (1981), actress
• Shadi Ghosheh (1987), footballer
• Karim Laribi (1991), footballer
• Abdul Hadi Palazzi, secretary general of the Italian Muslim Assembly
• Ali Ghaleb Himmat (1938), businessman

See also

• Arabs in Europe
• Egyptians in Italy
• History of Islam in southern Italy
• Moroccan people in Italy
• Muslim conquest of Sicily
• Saracinesco