Tag: Torino

Survival in Turin

By Basilio Korman
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Posted in Critical Times

I’m in the second week of self-imposed Coronavirus isolation, and the fourth day of the nationwide lockdown mandated by the Italian government to stop – or at least slow – the epidemic. (More…)

Multicultural Italy. Lingotto, September 2019.

Everyday Politics in Italy

By Joel Schalit
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Posted in Behind The Lines

The kid was being followed. Walking up and down the aisles, speaking loudly on his iPhone in English, he was having trouble finding something he’d been sent to purchase. (More…)

Migrant labour. Turin, August 2019.

Diversity is Everywhere

By Joel Schalit
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Posted in Photo Essays

“You’re giving the wrong impression of Berlin,” the email read. “It’s in Germany, not Iraq.” So read the umpteenth message I’d received that day from readers of Reddit Berlin, one of the most highly used social media forums about the city, in English. It was one of the kinder notes I received. (More…)

Turin for Migrants

By Joel Schalit
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From Palermo to Turin, to outsiders, Italy resembles a typically multicultural, globalised nation-state. Difficulty in understanding that has more to do with politics than it does with actually existing Italy. (More…)