Books
Essays on identity, borders, technology, work and the Mediterranean, written from a life between Damascus, Austria and Bergamo.
What the Future Looks Like to Someone Born Without a State
Born in Damascus to a Palestinian father and a Syrian mother, Ammar Shawesh left for Austria in 2011 to study, expecting to return. The war changed that. In Italy he built his adult life, his family and his work, and today he is an Italian citizen.
Languages: ItalianoEnglishEspañolالعربية
Viaggio, diaspora e il diritto di tornare senza tornare indietro
Millions of people live far from the place where they were born. Millions of descendants look for a home, an archive, a surname on the other side of the sea. Roots travel can become the consumption of nostalgia, or an education in reciprocity. It can turn a community into a stage set, or recognise it as a subject.
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Dopo gli imperi, prima del futuro
A sea that no one owns: the Mediterranean as a shared future between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Responsabilità nell’epoca dei sistemi senza volto
When harm is caused by procedures, platforms and automated systems, who answers for it?
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Libertà e identità nell’epoca delle macchine che ci anticipano
When predictions arrive before we do: why the freedom to surprise matters.
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Lettere da un mondo che stava cambiando
Letters written in 2026 to a reader who may live at any time in the next five hundred years.
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Perché il lavoro che tiene insieme la società non può vivere di scarti
What things cost and what they are worth: care, social work and the economy of relationships.
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Una vita tra Stati, confini e appartenenze
Before the explanations: a personal story of documents, borders and belonging.
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La città che ricorda · Volume I
Damascus seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old walking to school alone for the first time.
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Book presentations, talks, schools, universities and community events, in Italian, English, Arabic or German.
