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Sara Manisera

Milan
As seen in: El País, The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, La Repubblica, Libération, Slate, VICE UK, The Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo, The National and
Covers:  Women, civil society, environment, conflicts, middle east, migration, resilience, organized crime, mafia
Doesn't Cover: business, fashion, politics
Independent reporter & director, focusing on environment & human rights. Words in @fadacollective &others @Berthafn 2023 Fellow @europressprize 2024

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Sara Manisera’s Biography

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I'm an independent multimedia journalist working in the Middle East, in particular in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria. My work focuses on women, civil society, environment, human rights and conflicts.

My works have been published on: Al Jazeera, Vicenews, Middle East Eye, Al Monitor, CNN Antony Bourdain, Slate, Roads&Kingdoms, The National, Lookout News, Open migration, The New Arab, The Nation, CSmonitor, Deutsche Welle, La Stampa, International, Panorama, il Venerdì, D La Repubblica, Altreconomia, S…

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Love and politics in Baghdad: The Iraqi female writers breaking taboos

Love and politics in Baghdad: The Iraqi female writers breaking taboos

On a warm afternoon in early March, a group of female poets gathered in Ridha Alwan, a coffee house in Baghda…

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Raqqa's survivors search for the missing amid destruction of ISIS rule

Raqqa's survivors search for the missing amid destruction of ISIS rule

Nine months after the liberation of Raqqa from ISIS, the northern Syrian city lies in a heap of debris. Some …

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What became of the Italian priest kidnapped by ISIS in Raqqa?

What became of the Italian priest kidnapped by ISIS in Raqqa?

It was almost midday when Father Paolo Dall'Oglio knocked on the gate of the Raqqa governor's building. The f…

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Syrian Women Seek the Truth About Their Missing Loved Ones

Syrian Women Seek the Truth About Their Missing Loved Ones

The last time Fadwa Mahmoud heard the voice of her son, Maher, she was bustling around the kitchen, cooking. …

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Local radio station uses airwaves to fight extremism in northern Syria

Local radio station uses airwaves to fight extremism in northern Syria

QAMISHLI, Syria - In a tiny room on the fourth floor of an unplastered brick house, Gandy Khalidee talks to h…

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Rapping for peace: Lebanon's youth find their voice

Rapping for peace: Lebanon's youth find their voice

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - As aglimpse of the sea sparkles in the distance, teenagers in the northern Lebanese city o…

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Las grandes marcas se hacen de oro con el cachemir de Mongolia, mientras las tierras se degradan y los pastores apenas sobreviven

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By Sara Manisera, Aïda Delpuech, Daniela Sala
| El País
Junto a su esposa, Batkhuu Namchin, un pastor nómada de la provincia de Arkhangai —una región montañosa situada a ocho horas al oeste de Ulán Bator, en el centro de Mongolia— cuida de sus cabras recién nacidas. Con la llegada de la primavera, se preparan para una de las temporadas más laboriosas del año: peinar a los animales para recoger su preciada fibra de cachemir.
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The case against a carbon credit farm in Madagascar

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By Sara Manisera, Daniela Sala, Andrianaivomanana Lova
| Farmlandgrab
New Lines Magazine | 24 March 2025 The case against a carbon credit farm in Madagascar by Sara Manisera, Daniela Sala and Andrianaivomanana Lova During the dry season on the Ihorombe Plateau in southern Madagascar, a cool wind sweeps unceasingly, rustling through the golden stalks of parched grass. In Malagasy, the name “Ihorombe” is derived from a combination of two words: “horo” (a native grazing grass) and “ombe” (zebu cattle).
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The Case Against a Carbon Credit Farm in Madagascar

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By Sara Manisera
| New Lines Magazine
During the dry season on the Ihorombe Plateau in southern Madagascar, a cool wind sweeps unceasingly, rustling through the golden stalks of parched grass. In Malagasy, the name “Ihorombe” is derived from a combination of two words: “horo” (a native grazing grass) and “ombe” (zebu cattle).
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelance journalist

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Not for work.

How is social media changing news?

Social media have completely changed the way of producing and reading news. Positive? Negative? We are in this period and we have to adapt.

Awards

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Golden Dove for Peace Award

2018 - Reporting

The Dove, by Pericle Fazzini, is awarded each year to four figures in the world of information, who have distinguished themselves in examples of nonviolent management of conflicts and international cooperation and which, in civil society, have become ideals of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

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Mediterranean Journalist Award

2018 - International Terrorism

The Mediterranean Journalist Award is an prize given during the Mediterranean Festival held in Otranto, Puglia. The subjects of the festival deal with the Mediterranean area and its conflicts and the stories of the reporters. With the Festival also comes the homonymous competition count three thematic sections: international terrorism, from Syria to Europe; Mediterranean and denied rights; Peace and Immigration.

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Associazione Ivan Bonfanti Award

2018 - Professional Journalist

It is an award dedicated to the memory of the journalist Ivan Bonfanti.

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