Summary
Francesca Borri: Syrian dust: a war story from the heart of Aleppo
Francesca Borri belongs to the group of devoted war correspondents who devoted themselves completely to the reporting task and at the same time remained focused on the suffering of people in the world's crisis hotspots, with the intention of conveying news about the suffering of innocents on all sides, regardless of which war, military intervention or armed conflict it is. In this exceptional reportage, which represents the pinnacle of the discursive genre, Borri presents the reader with all the senselessness of the suffering of the powerless residents of the Syrian city of Aleppo, which between 2012 and 2016 was the scene of merciless battles between rebels of the most diverse political and ideological colors and the army of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Moreover, with a very precise, safe handwriting and a refined literary style, she deconstructs the media image created around the war in Syria to the end and clearly presents the aimlessness of television and newspaper companies that broadcast contradictory statements of world politicians and fall into the traps of fake news just to exploit the general outrage over the terrible scenes emerging from that war-ravaged country. Francesca Borri is the first voice of young world reportage journalism. "At one point during the bombing, we hid under some stairs, there wasn't even a centimeter of space. A man saw the camera, said to me, 'Your life is more important than mine', and made way for me. He came out. Among the shells, cannon shots, helicopters, everything... He made way for me and said: 'This is how the world will find out.'"
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