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Francesca Borri

Francesca Borri is a Middle East war correspondent from Italy. A former human rights officer, she turned to journalism in 2012 to cover the battle for Aleppo. So far, her work has been translated into 20 languages.
She is currently based in Baghdad.

Notable Narrative: Luke Mogelson and "The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS"

Notable Narrative: Luke Mogelson and “The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS”

Many journalists covered the battle for Mosul, the capital of the self-styled Caliphate of the Islamic extremist group ISIS. American author Luke Mogelson, on assignment for The New Yorker, viewed…
July 10, 2017
The Pulitzer at 100: Anthony Shadid, an expert of the human soul

The Pulitzer at 100: Anthony Shadid, an expert of the human soul

It’s June 2003, and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has just been overthrown. “Everybody likes us,” Spec. Stephen Harris, a 20-year-old from Lafayette, Louisiana, tells a Washington Post correspondent while on…
August 9, 2016