Moroccans in Italy

Moroccans in Italy

Total population
420,650 (2017)
Regions with significant populations
Lombardy  · Piedmont  · Emilia-Romagna
Languages
Arabic (Moroccan Arabic), Berber, French and Italian
Religion
Mainly Sunni Islam, [1] Minority:Christianity, [1] Judaism and Irreligion

There is a large population of Moroccans in Italy. are Italians citizens and nationals ethnic group, of the Italy with Italian citizenship and an Italian passport of Moroccan descent, immigrants from Morocco to Italy and their descendants are the third largest ethnic group in Italy after Romanians in Italy and Albanians in Italy. who come from various ethnic groups, form a distinct community in Italy and part of the wider Moroccan diaspora. They represent the largest non-European immigrant population in Italy and are widely referred to as Italiano-Marocchini in Italian. According to the Italian National Institute of Statistics, the country was home to 420,650 Moroccan immigrants in 2017. ^[2] The equivalent figure in 2014 was 454,773. ^[3]

Geographical distribution

Based on Demo Istat statistics. ^[4]

• Turin 17,253
• Milan 7,861
• Rome 5,210
• Genoa 4,213
• Bologna 3,927
• Modena 2,977
• Reggio Emilia 2,547

Religion

In the years 2011 and 2012 the ISTAT made a survey regarding the religious affiliation among the immigrants in Italy, the religion of the Moroccan people in Italy were as follows: ^[1]

• Muslims: 99.0%
• Christianity: 0.3%
• Non religious: 0.5%
• Other religions: 0.3%

Notable people

Further information: Category:Italian people of Moroccan descent

• Elijah Benamozegh (1823-1900), rabbi
• Souad Sbai (1961), politician
• Mostafa Errebbah (1971), long-distance runner
• Nadia Ejjafini (1977), long-distance runner
• Malika Ayane (1984), singer
• Joseph Lasiri (1991), Muay Thai fighter List of ONE Championship champions#ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion
• Adam Masina (1994), footballer
• Walid Cheddira (1998), footballer
• Hachim Mastour (1998), footballer
• Shady Oukhadda (1999), footballer
• Nadia Battocletti (2000), athlete

See also

• Italy portal
• Morocco portal

• Italy–Morocco relations
• Arabs in Europe
• Arabs in Italy
• Egyptians in Italy
• Algerians in Italy

References

1. "Appartenenza e pratica religiosa tra i cittadini stranieri". www.istat.it (in Italian). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
2. Cicognani, Elvira; Sonn, Christopher C.; Albanesi, Cinzia; Zani, Bruna (2018). "Acculturation, social exclusion and resistance: Experiences of young Moroccans in Italy". International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 66: 108–118. doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2018.07.002. hdl: 11585/663034 . S2CID   149627514.
3. "Moroccan Immigration to Italy Fuels Social Relations". Morocco World News. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
4. "Cittadini Marocchini in Italia - 2017". Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

Further reading

• Salih, Ruba (2002), "Shifting Meanings of 'Home': Consumption and identity in Moroccan women's transnational practices between Italy and Morocco", in Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig; Koser, Khalid (eds.), New approaches to migration?: transnational communities and the transformation of home, Transnationalism, vol. 3, Routledge, pp. 51–67, ISBN   978-0-415-25432-8
• Blangiardo, Giam Carlo (July 2003), "Rapport sur l'immigration en Italie et notamment sur les ressortissants marocains" (PDF), in Kabbaj, Khadija (ed.), Marocains de l'Extérieur, Rabat: Fondation Hassan II pour les Marocains Résidant à l'Etranger, pp. 269–285, ISBN   9954-400-19-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-23