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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 and writer.

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] Her latest work La guerra dentro, a work of reportage on the Syrian civil war, has received widespread acclaim. An English translation by Anne Milano Appel was published in 2016, under the title Syrian Dust.

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

Works

  • La guerra dentro, Bompiani, ISBN 9788858767290
  • Passaggi / [La meridiana], la meridiana, 2008, ISBN 9788861530478
  • Qualcuno con cui parlare: israeliani e palestinesi, Manifestolibri, 2010, ISBN 9788872856505

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.