Syrian diary. Cap.10: The Assad taxi driver
Syria is a box with five doors. For now only one remains open: the easiest and friendliest one; the one that leads to Beirut. We leave Syria, towards Lebanon. THE...
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Syrian diary. Cap.9: beyond hope
Tarek is a cook. On 27 May 2012, after completing the hotel school, he left for the three-year lever. After the first training he is assigned to a ward stationed in the ...
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Nigeria, between the fight against corruption, the non-existent war and the splitters of the south
A year after the presidential elections that brought former general and president Mohammed Buhari back to power, the impatience of Nigerians is starting to be felt. They don't see the ...
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SYRIA: THE MACERIES OF ALEPPO AND THE WIND OF THE WEST
Soap has been made in Aleppo for 2000 years, mixing olive oil and bay leaves. Olives and laurel have always grown in Syria. Especially towards the Mediterranean up to Alessandretta, today ...
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Syrian diary. Cap.8: people flee to Europe because ...
S. is an entrepreneur. Judging from the car park under the Damascus headquarters of the company, also successful. It has cordial and elegant ways. When we enter his office ...
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Syrian diary. Cap.7: abduction and ransom
On the journey back to Damascus on the seat next door is a soldier. His name is A. and comes from a small village in the center. Back in service after a short license ....
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Syrian diary. Cap.6: The barber of Damascus
M. is a thin man. A month's beard frames a sad, gray face like the wall. He has a dark look that hides an abyss, a deep wound. The second time ...
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Syrian diary. Cap.5: "So ISIS has massacred my platoon ..."
An oblique look, beyond the window. Somar speaks slowly, with the certain and rhythmic words of those who have seen. He is a survivor, the only one of the 21 men in his platoon. Everything happens ...
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Syrian diary. Cap.4: The children of war
Beyond the bombs and the blood, the war is made of contrails. Not those of planes and missiles, not those of smoke. The trails are ...
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Syrian Diary. Cap.3: At the front with the "Falcons of the Desert"
From a small town along the coast we head north. Near Latakia we encounter a column of trucks for the first time ...
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Syrian diary. Cap.2: Damascus is reborn, on the edge of the war
Damascus is a city at a minimum. Getting there is a strange effect, especially if it is not the first time: little traffic and ...
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Syrian Diary. Cap.1: The gutter in the dark
Coherent with the choice of telling you about the countries only through the experience in the field, we are in Syria! The system of ...
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Reportage Palestine / Israel: the "Temporary International Presence in Hebron" mission
Observe, monitor the violations committed by the parties, photograph the scenes of violence to be able to build ...
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Derry Christmas! The new generation of Ulster
Years pass and the globalized world tries to freeze another piece of itself. Whatever the choice of field, the ...
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Nigeria, the Biafra becomes inflamed
New challenge for the newly elected President Buhari, who had managed to face the terrorist phenomenon of Boko Haram ...
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Israel and Palestine seen from Hebron. Cap.2: Future Possible? (end)
More than a large Jewish settlement, Kyriat Arba is a sort of second city. A very large residence that flanks the ...
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Lebanon: in Hezbollah's den
It takes half a day to get to and from Beirut to any other city in Lebanon. For the north coast the buses ...
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Israel and Palestine seen by Hebron. Cap. 1: the intifada of the knives.
A TIPH XNUMXxXNUMX, the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, passes by. Quickly splash uphill blurring the ...
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Albania-Serbia Cap.2: Kosovo suspended (fine)
From the Serbian town of Raška, many things are understood. First of all, do not say the word "border" with ...
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Albania-Serbia Cap.1: geopolitics in the balloon
There are 100 meters between the first coffee on the north shore and the bridge of Austerlitz, so called by the French arrived ...
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