Francesca Borri

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Francesca Borri
Born1980
NationalityItalian
Notable worksQualcuno con cui parlare. Israeliani e Palestinesi.

Francesca Borri (born 1980) is an

Italian journalist whose reportage focuses on armed conflicts in Israel and Palestine, Kosovo, and Syria
.

Life

She studied in Florence and Pisa and has worked in the Balkans and the Middle East as a human rights officer. Her first book Non aprire mai (2008) was a study of the conflict in Kosovo. In 2010, she published a book on the Israel-Palestine conflict titled Qualcuno con cui parlare. Israeliani e Palestinesi (Someone to talk to. Israelis and Palestinians).

In 2012, she began reporting from Syria.

Jihadists in the Maldives
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Borri writes regularly for Il Fatto Quotidiano,[2] Internazionale,,[3] Egyptian Institute for Studies[4] and Al-Monitor.[5]

Works

  • Passaggi / [La meridiana], la meridiana, 2008,
  • Qualcuno con cui parlare: israeliani e palestinesi, Manifestolibri, 2010,
  • La guerra dentro, Bompiani, 2014,
  • Syrian Dust: Reporting from the Heart of the Battle for Aleppo, Seven Stories Press, 2015,
  • Destination Paradise: Among the Jihadists of the Maldives, Seven Stories Press, 2017,

References

  1. ^ "Syria News | Syria Deeply, Covering the Crisis". www.syriadeeply.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  2. ^ Bio
  3. ^ "Francesca Borri - Notizie, foto, video". Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  4. ^ "Articles written by Francesca Borri for Egyptian Institute for Studies". Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Francesca Borri". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.