Chebli was born to Palestinian asylum seekers in Germany and grew up with her parents and twelve siblings in Berlin's Moabit district. She was stateless until the age of 15, and her father was expelled from Germany three times and returned illegally each time.[2]
Chebli joined the Social Democratic Party in 2001. During her time at university, she worked as student research assistant to Gert Weisskirchen. From 2004, she served as chief of staff to Johannes Jung.
From December 2016 until December 2021,[7] Chebli served as State Secretary for Federal Affairs in the state government of the Governing Mayor of BerlinMichael Müller. As one of Berlin's representatives in the Bundesrat, she was a member Permanent Advisory Council, which is composed of the sixteen envoys of the federal states.
German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG), Co-Founder and Member of the Advisory Board[16]
Political positions
In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2016, Chebli addressed the role of Sharia, saying, "it primarily deals with the personal relationship between God and humans. It addresses things like prayer, fasting and alms. That presents no problems for me as a democrat; it is absolutely compatible [with democracy], just as it is for Christians, Jews and anyone else."[17] The statement caused controversy after her appointment to a governing position in Berlin.[18]
Chebli has also denounced anti-Islam right wing German populists, telling Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "My father is a pious Muslim, hardly speaks German, can neither read nor write, but he is more integrated than many functionaries of the AfD who question our constitution."[19][20][21][22]
In January 2022, the Berlin Regional Court ruled that the publicist Roland Tichy must pay Chebli damages of 10,000 euros for sexist remarks about her in his publication Tichys Einblick.[25]
Personal life
Chebli has been married since 2006.[26] In 2020, she gave birth to a son.[27]
Publications
Ich träume davon, dass wir Muslime ein anderes Bild des Islams zeigen ("I dream that we Muslims show a different image of Islam") Die Zeit, 29. March 2012[28]
^""... als würden Muslime für Aliens gehalten"". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017. Alle reden über Scharia, aber kaum jemand weiß, was Scharia bedeutet. Scharia heißt auf Deutsch: Weg zur Quelle, also der Weg zu Gott. Sie regelt zum größten Teil das Verhältnis zwischen Gott und den Menschen. Es geht um Dinge wie das Gebet, um Fasten, um Almosen. Das stellt mich als Demokratin doch vor kein Problem im Alltag, sondern ist absolut kompatibel, wie es für Christen, Juden und andere auch der Fall ist.
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