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Azzurra Meringolo

Position
Associate fellow
Biography

Azzurra Meringolo is journalist at the foreign desk of the Giornale Radio Rai, where she mainly deals with Middle Eastern issues. She was a member of the editorial board of the IAI’s webzine AffarInternazionali. She holds a PhD in International Relations and is Adjunct Professor at the Università Roma Tre. Contributor to national and international newspapers, she was scientific coordinator of the Arab Media Report and presenter of Radio 3 Mondo (Rai3). In 2012 she won the Ivan Bonfanti journalism award and her doctoral thesis on Egyptian anti-Americanism was awarded the Maria Grazia Cutuli prize. In 2013 she won the Indro Montanelli writing prize with her book I ragazzi di piazza Tahrir and in 2014 the Franco Cuomo International Award (nonfiction section).She is founder and member of the Scientific Committee of WIIS Italy and member of the German Marshall Fund Leadership Council. Follow her on her blog and on twitter at @ragazzitahrir.

Expertise

Egypt
Middle East
North Africa

Publications

L'Italia al bivio. Rapporto sulla politica estera italiana, Edizione 2018

Ettore Greco
Rome, Nuova Cultura, July 2018, 186 p.
In: Quaderni IAI 19

Global Outlook 2017: rapporto finale

Fabrizio Saccomanni
Simone Romano
Roma, IAI, 6 July 2017, 70 p.
In: Altri paper e articoli

Global Outlook 2017: rapporto finale

Fabrizio Saccomanni
Simone Romano
Roma, IAI, 6 July 2017, 70 p.
In: Altri paper e articoli
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In the media

Reset DOC - Meringolo: The long journey to Greece: the tragedy of unaccompanied refugee children

Azzurra Meringolo
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Al Arabiya - Meringolo: Has Regeni’s death been swept under the ‘business as usual’ rug?

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Research

Egypt in transition

IAI launched a two-years (2013-2014) project focused on Egyptian uncertain transition. Following closely the evolution of the events, the study - divided into quarterly reports - analyzed the socio…
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