I was first contacted for this project by Leonardo Magnani, President of the no-profit Associatzione Cultura della Pace di Sansepolcro (Association Culture of Peace of Sansepolcro). He told me: ‘The Albanian student society of the University of Pisa is trying to organise an exhibition on Kosovo.’ – ‘Please, not on Kosovo’ – I thought to…
Refugees of the Azaz camp, Syria, protest for to get better conditions of life in the camp. Refugees of the camp of Azaz have lost their houses under bombings of Halep and surroundings. They left Halep with just the clothes they had at time of bombing. They have no documents, no money, no belongings anymore.…
Wounded and injured people arrive every day from the Syrian border to Kilis. They can have a first rescue at the Sağlık Bakanlığı Kilis Hospital in Turkey, right after the border. Some of them are rebels and fighters with the Free Syria Army. Some others are just civilians which were in the wrong place at…
Refugee camp of Azaz, Syrian border. Refugees from Aleppo and surroundings have lost their houses under bombings. They left Halep with just the clothes they had at that time. They have no documents, no money, no belongings anymore. They believed in passing the Turkish border to escape the massacres, but after a limited number of refugees…
Downtown Aleppo, quarters of Bustan al-Pasha and Sakhour, December 2012. The town is partially controlled by the brigades of the Free Syria Army. Snipers hidden in isolated buildings oblige to fast crossing the large and open avenues. Some people try to continue their normal life in downtown, still occupying their houses, even if the majority…
Walk for Syria in Bologna, November 17th
They leave from Africa in Springtime, heading North, towards the warm European countries. They fly for thousands of kilometers, over the African forests, over the Sahara desert, over the Mediterranean sea. An incredible journey, mysterious and fascinating. Why birds migrate? A huge question for the scientists professor Wolfgang Goymann of the Max Planck Institute of…
Researchers of the University of Florence, department of Physics, are developing a new device called optical interferometer to be implemented on Large Binocular Telescopes around the world. LBT are notoriously suffering atmosphere interference during their operations, leaving space telescopes, such as Hubble, leaders in any world-class research to date. Long queues of scientists are waiting…
The whirling dervishes of Istanbul of the Mevlevi order in show in Milan. Mevlevi dervishes are a religious Sufi sect known for their mystical dance ceremony in which reach a state of nirvana thanks to their whirling spins.
The feast of the Bektashi On the highest peak of Mount Tomor, central Albania, graved in a small tekke, Abaz Alì, son-in-law of Mohammed, rests in peace. Every year, at the end of August, thousands of faithful pilgrims of the Bektashi sect meet here for their biggest and most important feast of the year. The…