Nadia Bouras (born 1981, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a Dutch historian of Moroccan descent.^[1]

She graduated with a MA degree in history from the Free University of Amsterdam and is working towards her PhD on "gender and migration" at Leiden University.^[2] Her MA thesis was titled "De migratie van Marokkaanse vrouwen naar Nederland, 1967-1980." (Migration of Moroccan women to The Netherlands, 1967-1980).^[3] She is also one of four Moroccan Dutch members of the "Conseil de la Communauté Marocaine à l'Étranger" (Assembly of Overseas Moroccan Community Council) or CCME.^[4] She appeared on Dutch television several times, including talk shows VARA "Pauw en Witteman" and Netherlands Muslim Broadcaster (NMO) "InFocus".^[5] and current affairs programme EénVandaag.^[6] In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the treaty allowing mass-recruitment of Moroccans for Dutch industries, Bouras was asked to write a book with co-authors Annemarie Cottaar and Fatiha Laouikili. The book entitled "Marokkanen in Nederlands: de pioniers vertellen" (Moroccans in The Netherlands: the pioneers tell) deals with the history of arrival, settlement and integration of Moroccans in Dutch society.^[2][7]

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• Nadia Bouras at the Internet Movie Database
• (Dutch) Personal Homepage at Leiden University
• (Dutch) Debate between Nadia Bouras and Liberal MP Halbe Zijlstra in talk show Pauw en Witteman