Journalist La Stampa. Born in Rome in 1971, after working as a local reporter in Turin, she was the correspondent for “La Stampa” from Jerusalem and London. In 2007 he hosted the television show Nirvana.

He won the international journalism prize Marco Luchetta, the Young Award, the Golden Dove for Peace Prize and in 2015 the Maria Grazia Cutuli International Prize. In 2008 he received the Commendatore’s award from the Quirinale for his commitment to understanding “different ethnic and religious cultures and traditions”.

Among his publications: “Islam at home. Silent integration” (Marsilio, 2004), “The sleep of reason” (Marsilio, 2004), “Islam and violence. Italian Muslims speak” (Laterza, 2006), “Where the Christians die. From Egypt to Indonesia, travel to places where Christianity is a persecuted minority” (Mondadori, 2011), “If I close my eyes I die” (Editrice La Stampa, 2015), “A love in Auschwitz” (Utet, 2016).

Francesca Paci