The Paradigm-breaker
So that’s my answer to those who ask why I work for a ‘non-Western’ news channel. I point to the island of Sicily on a map. “That’s where my roots are. Why should I have more affinity with Washington than with fellow Mediterranean countries?” I know, of course, that it’s not as simple as that. But those who insist on dividing the world into sections should realise that many of the cultural borders are blurred. One of the stories I’ll forever be grateful to Al Jazeera for letting me tell is my AJ Correspondent film ‘Fascism in the Family’. In it I explore my own family’s historical links to the Mussolini regime to see if fascism is indeed on the rise again, in Italy and elsewhere. A ‘Western’ story you might say, but it was fascinating to see how different the responses to the film were across our audience.
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