Laura Silvia Carmen Irene Battaglia

Laura Silvia Battaglia is an Italian reporter, specialized in crisis and conflict areas since 2007. With a particular focus on Yemen and Iraq, she has covered, over the years, ethnic, religious and gender minorities' issues, migration, terrorism, human and arms trafficking. She is author and presenter for Radio3, and documentary filmaker. She contributes, among other international media, with the American newspaper The Washington Post. She is the author of the investigative book "Lettere da Guantanamo" (Castelvecchi editore) and the graphic novel "La sposa yemenita" with the illustrator Paola Cannatella.