GIUSEPPE ACCONCIA 22 October 2016 | LavorInCorso - Dialogues on the border
This first meeting of the new edition of LINC dedicated to borders opens with a reflection, an intense and often heartfelt testimony of what physical and other borders represent, which will reveal the strength and perseverance of a personal passion for the search for truth, the many different truths that today engage us and force us to go beyond the surface of the information conveyed by the media.
Giuseppe Acconcia, an eyewitness of some of the so-called Arab springs, accompanies us to discover "his" Middle East, telling us about his life as a journalist and correspondent. A journey that unravels to discover the limits and contradictions of a world that is as close as it is distant. He will focus on the often silent geopolitical upheavals that are significantly modifying the planetary order and that happen every day without leaving a trace, despite their disconcerting closeness and similarity. It will show us the true face of the people and protagonists of the political, cultural and religious changes in countries that are so similar, yet so different, often united by geographical proximity and geopolitical ignorance, labelled as the dreaded Islam.
GIUSEPPE ACCONCIA - Journalist and researcher specialising in the Middle East. He graduated in Political Economy at the Bocconi University of Milan with a thesis on the Iranian reformist movement. He holds a Master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) in London with a thesis on the role of the army in Middle Eastern politics. Since 2005 he has lived between Iran, Egypt and Syria, working for research institutes and English, Egyptian and Italian newspapers (The Independent, Al Ahram, Il Manifesto, Il Riformista, Radio 2, RaiNews). He has worked as a teacher of Italian for migrants at the American University in Cairo. He has worked on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and published short stories, poems and novels. He has published essays with Il Mulino, The International Spectator and Ispi, among others. He is the author of La primavera egiziana (Infinito, 2012) and Un inverno di due giorni (Fara, 2007).