Paola Caridi
Journalist, born in Rome in 1961, Paola Caridi is a founding member of the News Agency “Lettera22″ and is currently working for national and local Italian newspaper. PhD in History of International Relations, she is specialised on Middle East and Northern Africa region. Correspondent in Cairo (2001-2003), she is based since 2003 in Jerusalem. She published in 2007 “Arabi Invisibili” (Feltrinelli publishing house), Capalbio Price 2008. In 2009, she published Hamas (Feltrinelli publishing house).
The English version of Hamas. From Resistance to Government? has been published by PASSIA in East Jerusalem in February 2010. Seven Stories Press published in March, 2012, the American version of the book, updated and with an added chapter on the latest events.
In 2011, she edited and translated the Italian edition of Aswani’s book On the State of Egypt (AUC Press 2011).
In 2013 she published Gerusalemme senza Dio. Ritratto di una Città Crudele (Feltrinelli). The American University in Cairo Press (AUC Press) published the English version in Summer 2017, as Jerusalem without God. Portrait of a Cruel City.
From 2008 she maintains invisiblearabs.com, a blog on Arab politics and pop culture.
She is a Knight of the Order of the Italian Solidarity’s Star, order chaired by the President of the Italian Republic.
The English version of Hamas. From Resistance to Government? has been published by PASSIA in East Jerusalem in February 2010. Seven Stories Press published in March, 2012, the American version of the book, updated and with an added chapter on the latest events.
In 2011, she edited and translated the Italian edition of Aswani’s book On the State of Egypt (AUC Press 2011).
In 2013 she published Gerusalemme senza Dio. Ritratto di una Città Crudele (Feltrinelli). The American University in Cairo Press (AUC Press) published the English version in Summer 2017, as Jerusalem without God. Portrait of a Cruel City.
From 2008 she maintains invisiblearabs.com, a blog on Arab politics and pop culture.
She is a Knight of the Order of the Italian Solidarity’s Star, order chaired by the President of the Italian Republic.
