WorldcrunchGabriele Magro is a fiction writer, journalist and cultural project manager from Turin, Italy. He has worked on editorial projects, festivals and exhibitions in the fields of literature and contemporary art for Fondazione Arte CRT, OGR, Goethe-Institut and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. As a journalist, he tackled urbanism, minority rights, the Balkans and Mitteleuropa for il Manifesto, il Post, Left, Valigia Blu, Il Tascabile, Lucy – Sulla Cultura. He is currently working as a correspondent, editor and proofreader for the Franco-German cultural channel Arte.tv, the cheFare Agency in Milan, and Worldcrunch.
The impacts of the impending Trump presidency, and its unscrupulous use of social media platforms, are already being felt internationally. Trump’s unprecedented comeback is becoming the playbook for how to capitalize on dissatisfaction and regain power.
More than 100 years ago, German colonists destroyed the culture of the Chagga people in Tanzania. Now the Chagga are trying to regain their lost history through books by German missionary to the region Bruno Gutmann, the author’s great-grandfather.
Italy is seeking information about the condition of Sharif el-Anain, an Italy-based adult film actor who was arrested in Egypt earlier this month under unclear circumstances. Italians have not forgotten Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Italian researcher of labor rights, who died in Egyptian police custody after allegedly being tortured.
How does déjà vu happen? Psychologists have long avoided the complicated question, but researchers are now trying to understand this uncanny phenomenon.
Once defined the most homophobic country in the Balkans, Kosovo’s queer community is now calling for more recognition and consideration from the authorities. But numerous obstacles remain.