Majed Alraeesi is a political analyst for a United Arab Emirates-based think-tank, which specializes in terrorist groups andcounter-terrorism strategies. He holds a degree in international law from the University of the United Arab Emirates, and is very influential in his...
Inside Over are in a suburb of Lahore, in a brick factory where Christians work from dawn until dusk in slave-like conditions. The inhumane conditions and daily abuses in these factories are demonstative of a true apartheid against Pakistan's Christian minority.Produced by Daniele Bellocchio and Marco Gualazzini.
The Sufism is the branch of Islam that aspires to realize, yet during the earthly life, the presence of God in humans. According to many it is also the mystic branch of the Islamic faith and, above all, it does not believe in divisions, even in the one between Sunnites and Shiites, and it does not build barriers against the “infidels”.
(Damascus) Syria, considered by many around the globe to be the cradle of Christianity, is believed to be the only place on earth where Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ is still spoken and taught. The historic small town of...
Beit Jala, West Bank –We are at gate leading to Bethlehem, and in this village of fifteen thousand inhabitants, rich with centuries-old olive trees and dry stone walls that depict a landscape not dissimilar to the Puglian hinterland of southern-Italy,...
In the Catholic school of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Christians and Muslims live together, following very specific rules. The headmaster of the school, Suhail T. Daibes: "If my identity is strong, if I do not waver from the definition of who I am, the others will be obliged to follow my rules, from the moment that they decide to enter my space. In return, I will try not to impose on theirs" (Reporting by Luciana Coluccello and Simone Tella).
It is a hypnotic song. A pounding, almost indistinct sound that the winds of Bol carry through the streets. The percussive rhythm, the long and baritonal notes of the horns and the high voices of women become clearer while walking...
We have been in Pakistan to discover every aspect of this complex country, whose population has several social, ethnic and sexual contradictions. We met the transgender community and they told us about a life of exclusion. Once worshipped and revered,...
It was Easter of 2016, when across the whole city of Lahore rumors stared spreading about a kamikaze explosion inside the Gulshan and Iqbal Park, which caused a massacre. It is one of the most heinous actions ever committed by...
Karachi, the second megalopolis of the world, a monolith of cement and discharges of waste water, a crazy ants nest made of frenzy, fury, misery and money. Here is the Leviathan laying down on the Arabic Sea, the bay of...