Francesca Mannocchi

Francesca Mannocchi,is a journalist and author who writes about migration and conflicts, contributing to Italian and international newspapers. She has covered several stories in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Libya, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen. She received the Premiolino Prize for journalism in 2016, the Ischia Prize for journalism and the Giustolisi Prize for her investigation on migrant trafficking and Libyan prisons. In 2018 the documentary Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul – directed with photographer Alessio Romenzi – was presented at the 75th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. She published: Porti ciascuno la sua colpa (Laterza, 2019), Libia (with Gianluca Costantini, ink Mondadori, 2019), Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente (Einaudi, 2019), Bianco è il colore del danno (Einaudi, 2021) and Lo sguardo oltre il confine (DeAgostini, 2022).
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