Valeria Brigida is journalist and human rights and migration specialist. She worked with several newspapers including RAI, Repubblica, Il Fatto Quotidiano. She lived and worked in the UK, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Haiti, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Author of the book "Horreyya! La rivoluzione delle donne egiziane. Se non ora, quando?" now is currently blogger for the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano and head of the Erri de Luca Foundation.