Occupation
Journalist/Media
Contact
ABOUT
Elisa Pierandrei is an Italian journalist and author, and also a documentary filmmaker with over twenty years of experience in various media. She holds a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the American University in Cairo (2002) after graduating in Arabic Language and Literature at Ca' Foscari University in Venice (1998). More recently, her articles have appeared in the magazines D la Repubblica, il venerdì di Repubblica, as well as online on Al Jazeera English, Contemporary And, Al-Monitor, and The New Arab, among others. Publication highlights include the series of ebooks 'Urban Cairo. La Primavera araba dei graffiti' (InformAnt | eBook Quotidiani editore, 2012 and 2014) and 'Painting, Photography, Drawing. From Africa and Its Diaspora' (2022); and her most recent essay “Photography and Heritage: Van Leo Black and White Studio Portraits, 1940s-1970s” in I.S. MED. 2/2023. Elisa Pierandrei has extensively lived and travelled across the Arab region, and reported for the media on the wave of protests termed the 'Arab Spring'. In collaboration with photographer Loris Savino and videomaker Marco di Noia, along with the contribution of Luca Quagliato, she co-authored the 2011 short documentary “M.A.R.E., storie di Mediterraneo, Arabi, rivolte ed Europa,” about the mutated political situation along the borders of three countries of the Mare Nostrum. She regularly gives academic seminars at various institutions.
Discipline
International Relations/Affairs
Sub Areas
Cultural Studies
Mediterranean Studies
African Studies
Media
Arab Studies
Current Events
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Mediterranean Countries
Specialties
Cultural Journalism, New Media, Digital Culture
Geopolitics And International Affairs
Languages And Literature
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Italian (native)
English (fluent)
French (elementary)
Spanish (intermediate)
Education
MA
| 2002
| Journalism and Mass Communication
| The American University in Cairo
BA
| 1998
| Lingue e Letterature Orientali (Lingua Araba)
| Ca' Foscari University in Venice
Abstracts
Mapping current dissent in Cairo through graffiti and street art
Photography and Cultural Heritage: How the Van-Leo Collection Captured the Surreal Majesty of Cairo
