Pierpaolo De Natale - The super-luxury hotel in Cattolica, " Carducci '76 ", which was previously famous for the cover of "Stupido hotel", musical album of the singer Vasco Rossi, ended up in a controversy. Sunday, April 27th a journalist of Arab origin on her blog - www.maarad.it - raised the complaint of a seventeen year old student, Omaima R., daughter of Moroccan, but born and raised in Italy.
"Yes to the stage , but you have to take off the veil", this would be what the operators of the hotel said, when they heard that the girl wore the typical hijab, in accordance with his Islamic faith.
The girl, attending the fourth year in a turistic high school, had to attend a training course as it was established by the curriculum and, for this purpose, it was chosen the Carducci '76.
So, after having reported his story to Hamza Roberto Picard, a member of the Union of Islamic Communities in Italy, the case has raised many discussions.
The student, without demonstrating her skills, would have been rejected because of a matter of image. "I would have been accepted - says Omaima - if I only had taken off the veil. But I said absolutely no, because it is an indispensable sign of my faith and cultural identity.". "I have been discriminated just for a scarf - is the outburst of the girl - even before they saw my abilities and skills."
The hotel manager, Marco Bordoni says that there will be soon a meeting between the protagonists of the story and he said: "Considering the history of this hotel and the people of other religions and ethnic groups who have worked here without any problem, discrimination is something that does not concern us. I will have the pleasure to meet the girl and clear." It is not the first time that a Muslim girl made a complaint like that. Three years ago it was the turn of Halima, she was 17 years old too and on the International Women's Day she was informed that she could not perform his internship at a prestigious hotel in Rimini because her head was veiled.
