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Oussama Cherribi
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Dr. Oussama (Sam) Cherribi is a Moroccan-Dutch sociologist, former politician for The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) party, and current professor at Emory University. He was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives from 1994 to 2002.
Cherribi is often interviewed by news organizations on developments in European and Middle East and North African (MENA) regions, and is an often-invited public speaker.
Cherribi was born 4 September 1959 in Kenitra, Morocco.
Cherribi studied literature in his town of birth and philosophy and sociology at the University of Rabat, sociology at the University of Nancy in France and, from 1983 onwards, philosophy and sociology at the University of Amsterdam.
After graduating in 1991, Cherribi entered a joint Ph.D. program at the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam & Leiden University. In 2000, while in office as a Member of the Dutch Parliament, he received his PhD in the social sciences.
Cherribi also worked as a broadcaster and translator at the Dutch Public Service Television, NOS and, Dutch World Service from 1985-90.
Cherribi served in the Dutch Parliament from 1994 until 2002. Throughout his tenure in parliament, Cherribi was a member of VVD, which belonged to The Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, and likewise the Purple (Paars) government coalition of social democrats and liberals. Throughout his career as a Member of the Dutch Parliament (MP), Cherribi served on the Standing Committees of Foreign Affairs, Technology, Youth, Interior Affairs, Education, Welfare and Health. Furthermore, from 1995 until 2002, Cherribi was elected to represent the Netherlands in the Assembly of the Council of Europe.
As a member of the Standing Committee on Higher Education, Cherribi introduced legislation on comprehensive cultural training for imams in the Netherlands and Europe. A part of the Duplex Ordo program, this legislation encouraged imams living in the Netherlands to become educated on secular topics in order to facilitate positive relations between the Muslim community and Dutch society at-large.
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