Adriana has always centred her life, her studies and social commitment on the importance of understanding the reality that surrounds her in all its complexity and facets. Born in Bogotà, she moved to Italy at the age of 11 to reunite with her father and with those who would later become her mother and sister,
Omar’s life is a complex stratification of political, cultural, social and identity-related layers as he was born in Syria, but he never had its nationality. The Syrian government has always recognized the children of Palestinian fathers or grandfathers to be Palestinian nationals, granting them travel documents rather than Syrian passports. For this reason Omar, his
Sania’s story is a powerful example of resilience and ambition as both her personal life and professional career have been deeply shaped by the region she comes from, Kashmir. Since 1947 it has been at the centre of a long-standing territorial dispute between Pakistan and India that has been marked by multiple wars, border skirmishes
Amir, also known as Amiro, was born and raised in Tehran. Passionate about history, he misses no opportunity to tell anecdotes related to his country and his mother tongue, Farsi, which has survived centuries of domination and has been enriched by contacts with the Greek, Turkish, Mongolian and Arabic culture. In Iran, it is said
Alejandra believes that in life you have to believe in what you want and work hard, but that it is also important to have a bit of luck and meet the right people along the way. She comes from La Paz, a lively, chaotic city where precariousness and difficulties are commonplace, together with a great
“One day, I’ll go to Italy”, these are the words of a 10-year-old Özgür after Italy won the 2006 football World Cup. At that moment Italy entered both his mind and his heart. Özgür comes from Marmaris, a tourist town in the south-western Turkey where he lived until the age of 14, when he moved
Mitra is an energetic and passionate woman, a teacher, student, tennis and football player. She loves learning and challenging herself in always new activities and sports and her routine could make one think whether her day is of 24 hours or if she found the way to double them. She comes from the North of
“The land of coconuts”, better known as Kèrala state, is a small southwestern state of India and land of origin of Abdul Haneefa Kummali, medical physicist and traveller always in search of new professional opportunities to catch. He speaks Malayalam, a regional language and cultural identifier of Kèralan people. There he studied physics in both
Nathali is from the Brazilian city of Mococa, a small municipality in the state of São Paulo, and her link to Italy is deeper than she thought at first. She moved in Lodi, close to Milan, for an exchange period during her PhD, and once there she discovered that the parents of her mother’s grandparents
Antoine was born in Aleppo in 1993, and 13 years ago everything changed in his life. In the wake of the Arab Springs, the Syrian people also began to express their dissent against an authoritarian regime in power for 40 years. Soon, peaceful demonstrations to demand freedom, democracy and dignity turned into a full-scale Revolution
