Un anno di conflitto a Gaza ha reso il racconto della guerra più difficile che mai. Le testimonianze dall’interno sono state rare, filtrate, spesso ostacolate, e ogni parola pronunciata o scritta ...
Francesca Caferri
Francesca Caferri is foreign affairs editor at Il Venerdì di Repubblica, the main Italian magazine, and a senior correspondent for the World Affairs section of La Repubblica, one of the main Italian dailies.
Since 7 October 2023 she has been the leading reporter following the events in Israel/Palestine for La Repubblica. In over 15 years of work, she has provided extensive international news coverage, specializing in human rights and major international events, with an emphasis on the Middle East. During the last few years she has reported from Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Yemen and Nigeria.
She was awarded in 2005 the highest prize for Italian journalists (the Saint Vincent journalism prize), in 2012 she was awarded with the “Colomba d’oro per la pace” prize for her 10 years of reporting in the name of the dialogue between different civilitazions, and both the Italian literary award “Premio Fregene” and the international “Mediterranean journalism award” of the Anna Lindh Foundation for her book Paradise under the feet of women: women and the future of the muslim world (Mondadori, 2012). She also published the e-book Beyond the veil: a portrait of new Italians (Mondadori, 2013). Her most recent book is Non chiamatemi straniero: viaggio fra gli italiani di domain (Mondadori, 2014).
Francesca obtained a certificate in Islamic studies in 2007 from PISAI, the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies. She speaks English and Spanish fluently and has a basic knowledge of French and Arabic. She lives in Rome.
Espionage, abuse of AI and torture in broad daylight: groundbreaking investigations that can change the world
Since 7 October 2023, +972 and Local Call have published groundbreaking investigations (some in partnership with international leading outlets such as the Guardian) including, but not limited to, the ...
Over 18 months after the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and following the massacre in Gaza, Israeli society perseveres at its wilful ignorance. With the death toll in the pummelled Strip at a frighte...
Le donne, pur svolgendo ruoli rilevanti nel contesto dei conflitti bellici, in un ambiente dominato dagli uomini sono percepite come 'corpi estranei'. Questo rende la dinamica di genere ancora più ...
A little over ten years ago, the battle for control of Aleppo marked a turning point in the war in Syria: the reconquest of the city by the government of Bashar al Assad closed the phase of hope for t...
Oltre la tv, oltre i giornali, oltre gli editoriali e gli articoli sdolcinati: gli italiani di oggi. Dal rap ai libri al giornalismo: le voci dell'Italia. Quella che incontrate per strada, ma rarament...
Undici anni fa migliaia di persone sono scese in strada per chiedere cambiamento in Egitto. Oggi il Paese vive la più dura dittatura della sua storia: 60mila persone sono in carcere per reati politic...
#Metoo has gone global, yes, but how far has it really gone, especially in Europe? Why have the conversations been so different in countries like France, Italy and the UK? And over two years on from t...
In the era of digital agora, political leaders, gurus and corporate CEOs can speak to millions of people every day, bypassing journalists' questions. Can video clips or headline-grabbing phrases reall...
Jamal Khashoggi: born 13 October 1958 (Medina) murdered 02 October 2018 (Istanbul)
The death of Jamal Khashoggi was more than the murder of a journalist. It has undermined the axis with Saudi Arabia on which Donald Trump's United States had built their entire Middle Eastern policy, ...
With the definitive victory of Bashar al Assad, a question weighs on the future of Syria. Will there ever be justice for the thousands of people killed, disappeared or tortured? On what memory will Sy...
Reporting from inside Yemen is becoming exceptional due to the lack of visas and entry permission. In three years of war, female journalists with double nationalities and/or family ties have been ab...
Noura Ghazi Safadi in conversation with Francesca Caferri and Donatella Della Ratta. It was 15 March 2011 and thousands of people took to the streets of Damascus, shouting slogans similar to those th...
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently: the courage of reporting on life in Syria under ISIS
In northern Syria, near the border with Turkey, stands the town of Raqqa, considered the headquarters and capital of the Islamic State. The lack of journalists on the ground, both national and inter...
Khartoum is the capital of Sudan, the home country of the cartoonist Khalid Albaih, from which he is in exile. "Khartoon!" is a play on words and the name of his Facebook page. Albaih's cartoons hav...
Women, morality, religion. Two years after the fall of Ben Ali, Tunisia is coming to terms with its dual personality: on the one hand secular and Westernized, on the other hand deeply Arab and Isl...
Integral Media: the future of mass media in the age of social networks Keynote speech by Wadah Khanfar. Introduction by Francesca Caferri.
The Arab Spring: an incomplete revolution? Was the Arab Spring a revolution? And is it incomplete? Time to take stock. Organised in association with Associazione Giornalisti Scuola di Perugia ...
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