Valentina Giordano Abdel Kader Moutaabid
Immigration in Novara
Interviewed in 2011, Abdel Kader Moutaabid is a cultural mediator.
He was born in 1962 in Settat (Marocco). He arrived in Novara as a tourist in 1988. He decided to remain in the city since the abundance of available jobs. He worked as a worker in many factory. In the same time, he attended the university. With the rise of immigration, he started his present profession. He loves footbal, a sport that made him meet many people in Novara when he played in the team of his neighbourhood, Sant'Agabio
He describes the condition of being an immigrant and the change of Novara people's attitude towards foreign immigrants.
Video table of contents
- Presentation
- Arrivin to Novara from Morocco
- Work and University
- Immigration and Integration
- Preferred places: the Allea and the bulwark of Novara
- Changes in Novara
- Marriage with a Novarese woman
- Novarese dialect
- Islamic Cultural Center
- Feast of St. Gaudenzio
- A Novarese person is a Milanese
- In the 90s there was more help for immigrants
- Novarese generous when he has (a lot)
- Coaching football youth teams
- Sant'Agabio neighbourhood
- Daily Life
- I feel myself a Novarese
- Who is a Novarese person?
- A neighbourhood close to the factories
- Paddy field
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Novara
District: NO
Altitude: 162m s.l.m.
Abdel Kader Moutaabid
Date of birth: 10-03-1962
City: Settat (Marocco)
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Employee
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Percivalle
Video by: Luca Percivalle
Created: 10-01-2011
