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Talking to: Federico Rampini, The Chief New York Correspondent for Italy’s La Repubblica Newspaper

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/09/2018 - 00:00

“I feel like a pendulum between two magnets,” says Italian journalist Federico Rampini, referring to an inner conflict common to many expatriates, the allure…

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Talking to: Katherine Wilson, Author of 'Only in Naples'

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/12/2018 - 07:17

“Goethe said, 'See Naples and die.' I saw Naples and started to live.” So writes American-born Katherine Wilson in the introduction to her memoir, ‘Only in…

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Talking to: Al Jazeera Journalist Barbara Serra

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 09/10/2014 - 05:47

Barbara Serra is an Italian journalist working for Al Jazeera English in London. Born in Milan in 1974, Barbara moved to Denmark with her family when she was…