Italy – Emily Henderson A sadness looms over Italy, as it does in most European countries this week. People are struggling to believe the brutality of Friday night’s events and fear similar attacks will happen here. The nation mourns for Valeria Solesin – the twenty-eight year old Italian researcher studying in Paris, who lost her […]
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Eyewitness in Paris: A first-person account of Friday 13th
Saturday, 14th of November 2015 – “Paris plus vague que l’Océan”. It is with these words that Madame Bovary expressed her idealistic yearning for Paris. But, now, Paris is anything but idyllic: it is silent, still, surreal. The beautiful architecture stands in stark contrast with the terror that has crystallized the city. The terrorist attacks, for which […]