Rifugio: Christians of the Middle East - Hardcover

Linda Dorigo; Andrea Milluzzi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9053308431 ISBN 13: 9789053308431

Publisher: Schilt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

73 fotografie in bianco e nero di Linda Dorigo. Testi di Andrea Milluzzi / 73 photos in duotone by Linda Dorigo. Text by Andrea Milluzzi . 8vo pp. 180 Rilegato, sovracoperta (hard cover, dust jacket) Nuovo (New) Linda Dorigo e Andrea Milluzzi hanno dedicato tre anni e mezzo alla realizzazione del volume. Partiti da Trieste nel giugno 2011, i due autori hanno viaggiato in Iran, Iraq, Turchia, Egitto, Israele e Territori Palestinesi, Giordania, Siria e Libano, dove hanno vissuto i mesi necessari a completare Rifugio. Le 73 immagini in bianco e nero - scattate dalla fotografa su pellicola - ritraggono scene di vita quotidiana, pellegrinaggi, paesaggi e chiese degli albori del Cristianesimo, soldati, milizie cristiane siriane e teatri di scontri /12 million Christians are assumed to live in the Middle East, but only a few of them remain to live in the region because of radical Islam and persecutions, millions have relocated to North America, Europe and Australia.enbsp,Linda Dorigo and Andrea Milluzzi travelled through Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Turkey and Syria. They were driven towards the small Christian communities that choose to not be part of the diaspora (..) The recent developments in the Middle East, including the horrific cruelties perpetrated predominantly against Christians by Islamic State, makes Rifugio an essential document for all those interested in world politics.

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The birthplace of Christianity lies on the Iranian slopes from Mount Ararat to Mount Lebanon. Since those ancient times, the rugged valleys and gorges have served as a refuge for monastic communities and those in search of solitude. Nowadays, 12 million Christians are assumed to live in the Middle East, but only a few of them remain to live in the region because of radical Islam and persecutions; millions have relocated to North America, Europe and Australia.
Linda Dorigo and Andrea Milluzzi travelled through Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Turkey and Syria. They were driven towards the small Christian communities that choose to not be part of the diaspora.
While the Middle East was being turned upside-down by revolutions and by a fractured war inside Islam, Christians became a religious minority, disillusioned witnesses closed in their self-defence. The recent developments in the Middle East, including the horrific cruelties perpetrated predominantly against Christians by Islamic State, makes Rifugio an essential document for all those interested in world politics.

Review

"This book from photographer Linda Dorigo and journalist Andrea Milluzzi, Italians working in the Middle East, give faces to these living stones, away from touristic locations. Their new book poignantly titled Rifugio ( refuge or shelter ) is a visual record of those who have, through poverty or defiance, refused to become a part of the Christian diaspora and now struggle to live out their faith in an increasingly inhospitable land... Dorigo and Milluzzi have done important work showing us their faces and giving us an emotional connection to their struggle for survival. Many of these communities have existed since the first century. Some of them still pray in Aramaic, the language that Jesus himself prayed in. Now they are approaching extinction. Christianity is being driven from the place of its birth."
The Guardian --http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/16/christians-middle-east-religion-islamic-state-linda-dorigo-andrea-milluzzi

About this edition

• Publisher: Schilt Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9053308431
• ISBN 13: 9789053308431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 180