ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN Italy
THE AUTHORS
Grazia Alessandra Siino* is an international legal expert. She holds a Ph.D
in Law and Politics of the Euro-Mediterranean Region from the University of Enna
(Italy). Prior to that, she graduated in Law from the University of Palermo and spent
one semester at the International Institute for Human Rights in Strasbourg (France)
and an academic year at the University of Salamanca (Spain). While Grazia Alessandra
is currently a staff member at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France), this
paper is not part of her activity at the Council of Europe and is written in a personal
capacity, unrelated to her work. Her previous experience includes working within
the Italian Embassy in Mexico City (Mexico). She is fluent in English, French and
Spanish. Her mother tongue is Italian. siino.grazia.alessandra@gmail.com
Nadia Levantino is an Italian lawyer specialized in International Law and Human
Rights with a specific focus on children’s and migrants’ rights. Having graduated
at the University of Palermo (Italy), she attended a post-master Programme in
European and International Law at the Faculty of Law in Strasbourg (France). She
is a former trainee of the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union
in Brussels and, as from 2014, is the volunteer worker responsible for the Legal Aid
service at “Save the Children Italy” in Palermo. Nadia is a native Italian speaker. She
is fluent in English and French and offers legal assistance in both languages.
* The authors of this report would like to thank the following people for their valuable contribution:
Alessandra Ballerini, Ferdaws Benselloum, Anna Meli, Barbara Bello, Roberto Bortone, Stefano Chirico,
Mouhamed Cissé, Zaher Darwish, Monica De Angelis, Giulia Dessi, Youssef El Akhal, Alberto Guariso,
Ian Leatt, Vincenzo Pace, Angela Scalzo, Francesco Tieri, Mauro Valeri.
Disclaimer: Statements of fact and opinion in the national reports of the European
Islamophobia Report are those of the respective authors. They are not the expression
of the editors or the funding institutions. No representation, either expressed or implied,
is made of the accuracy of the material in the national reports. The editors of
the European Islamophobia Report cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability
for any errors or omissions that may be made. The reader must make his or her own
evaluation of the accuracy and appropriateness of those materials.
To cite this report: Grazia Alessandra Siino, Nadia Levantino (2016): Islamophobia in Italy: National
Report 2015, in: Enes Bayraklı & Farid Hafez, European Islamophobia Report 2015, Istanbul, SETA, 2016.
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