I deeply believe we must restore mercy to our society, our universal brotherhood, our empathy, which can overcome all barriers and reveal the true nature of men and women. As human beings we all share hopes, dreams, fears and wishes. In light of this we cannot be indifferent and passive in the face of suffering in those around us.
Reading Time: 3 minutes The tragic image of a father and daughter holding each other tightly inside the father’s t-shirt, with the little girl clinging around the young parent’s neck, takes me right back......
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today we celebrate Mother’s Day. I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate mothers around the world and, in particular, all those who find the courage to overcome insurmountable......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dear Nasrin, I am writing this letter to you, in the hope that sooner or later you will read it. I wish that not only my voice could reach you,......
Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the years, International Women’s Day has gained a different meaning to me. In the past, it used to be a day to meet friends that I hadn’t met for......
Reading Time: 4 minutes On January 29th, at least 52 people lost their lives along the short sea route between Djibouti and Yemen, and almost no news covered their shipwreck. Their deaths were almost......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last January 24th, I was invited to the European Parliament to participate in a conversation about Yemen that gave me a chance to introduce our upcoming mission to bring medical......
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Art. 23. Each High Contracting Party shall allow the free passage […] of all consignments of essential foodstuffs, clothing and tonics intended for children under fifteen.” If I read the......
Reading Time: 3 minutes While everybody has been busy for days celebrating Holocaust Remembrance Day, a vessel with people whose fate doesn’t interest anybody is still in front of the Sicilian coastline. We remember......
Reading Time: 3 minutes On December 21st 2018, the UNHCR released an update on Yemen, but Christmas festivities casted a shadow over it. While Christmas sparkling lights and songs reverberated in our cities, alarming......
Reading Time: 3 minutes On November 15th 2,200 Rohingya who are currently living in Bangladeshi camps and settlements were supposed to return to Myanmar on a voluntary basis, in compliance with a bilateral agreement......
I believe in social business and philanthropy. I am actively connected to different humanitarian projects. Together with my husband, we created MOAS and Tangiers Group, our family business, where I am currently a member of the Board of Directors
“the human species — we, in short — had the potential to construct an enormity of pain, and that pain is the only force created from nothing, without cost and without effort. It is enough not to see, not to listen, not to act”
Primo Levi
“Omnia munda mundis; coinquinatis autem et infidelibus nihil mundum, sed inquinatae sunt eorum et mens et conscientia”