Francesca Borri

Francesca Borri (born 1980) is an Italian journalist.

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

Life

She studied in Florence and Pisa and has worked in the Balkans and the Middle East. 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.[1] La guerra dentro, a work of reportage on the Syrian civil war, has received an English translation by Anne Milano Appel, published in 2016, under the title Syrian Dust.

Borri writes regularly for Il Fatto Quotidiano,[2] Internazionale,[3] and Al-Monitor.[4]

Works
  • Passaggi / [La meridiana], la meridiana, 2008, ISBN 9788861530478
  • Qualcuno con cui parlare: israeliani e palestinesi, Manifestolibri, 2010, ISBN 9788872856505
  • La guerra dentro, Bompiani, 2014, ISBN 9788858767290
  • Syrian Dust: Reporting from the heart of the battle for Aleppo, Seven Stories Press, 2015, ISBN 9781609806613
  • Destination Paradise: Among the Jihadists of the Maldives, Seven Stories Press, 2017, ISBN 9781609808433

References
  1. "Syria News | Syria Deeply, Covering the Crisis". www.syriadeeply.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  2. Bio
  3. "Francesca Borri - Notizie, foto, video". Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  4. "Francesca Borri". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.


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