Market in Liberation/Anne Nivat, journalist, at Fnac

Sat. 18th April 2009

To the market in our quartier, which is happily named Liberation - as if living in Rue Diderot wasn't enough:






"Allo M. Photographe!"





Banana republican



"What do you think?" " ... mmmmm"

In the afternoon I went to Fnac to listen to Anne Nivat, journalist, talk about her experience in Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq - a brave and dedicated woman:

“I’ve felt fear which has displaced every other feeling, but also solidarity with dozens of strangers with whom I’ve shared unique moments – moments of joy, because I could feel safe for a minute, or because I was warmed by a cup of hot tea. I tried to talk to as many people as possible: with men, women and children whose lives have been destroyed by this war, with rebels who have nothing left to lose, with Russian soldiers or officers who are caught up in this so-called “anti-terror operation” as in a trap.”

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La guerre qui n'aura pas eu lieu (Fayard 2004) was issued in spring 2004, a collection of further reports from Chechnya. Her most recent book is Lendemains de guerre en Afghanistan et en Irak (Fayard 2004). As in all of Nivat’s books, she draws upon her affinity to the people affected, particularly women, depicts the everyday consequences of geopolitical cataclysm. She herself emphasises that her work is less about analysis than about immersing herself in, and living among, people. Shortly after its appearance in September 2004, this impressive travel reportage won the Prix Erwan Bergot, a journalism prize from the French Ministry of Defence.

http://www.lettre-ulysses-award.org/jury05/bio_nivat.html