The young Italian-Moroccan activist Nawal Soufi is among the four Italian winners of the European Citizenship Awards 2016.
The FSPs have published the book, Nawal: Angel of the Refugees, in which its author, Daniele Biella, recounts the story of this young woman who is assisting Syrians fleeing the war in their country. Twenty-seven-year-old Nawal arrived in Catania (southern Italy) as a child. From there, she has set up a volunteer organization to help thousands of migrants survive their journey of hope across the Mediterranean, encouraging them to resist the racket of “land traffickers” ready to exploit the desperate situations of these refugees.
Since 2008, the European Parliament Citizen Prize is awarded to individuals or to groups, organizations and associations that have stood out for their efforts to strengthen European integration and the dialogue between peoples, putting into practice the values of the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. All fifty of this year’s winners, who come from various nations of Europe, will be invited to the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on 12 and 13 October 2016.