Elisa Pierandrei is an Italian journalist and author, and also a documentary filmmaker currently based between Milan and other European cities. She writes and researches stories across art, literature, and the visual media. Over the years, she has gained an interest in the Middle East, Africa, and the diaspora. Her articles have appeared in the Italian magazines "d" La Repubblica and "Il Venerdì" di Repubblica, and the English-language websites AJE-Online, Contemporary And, Al-Monitor, The New Arab, among others. Elisa Pierandrei holds a master's degree in Journalism and mass communication from the American University in Cairo (2002) after graduating in Arabic language and literature at Ca' Foscari University in Venice (1998).

She is author of 'Painting, Photography, Drawing. From Africa and its Diaspora' (Self Publisher, 2022), and 'Urban Cairo. La Primavera araba dei graffiti' (InformAnt | eBook Quotidiani editore, 2012 and 2014). In collaboration with photographer Loris Savino and videomaker Marco di Noia, along with the contribution of Luca Quagliato, she wrote and produced the 2011 short documentary “M.A.R.E., Storie di Mediterraneo, Arabi, Rivolte ed Europa,” about the mutated political situation along the borders of three countries of the Mare Nostrum. Elisa Pierandrei also plays an interesting academic activity with various institutions, such as the University of Urbino School of Journalism (https://www.odg.it/scuole-di-giornalismo) and the University of Milan La Statale (from 2009 until 2020).

Her personal newsletter is “Sight, Touch, and Imagination,” about art, photography, and books from the Euro-Mediterranean region. You can sign up here: http://eepurl.com/hq-8F1