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CAMMARATA, Italy — On a scorching July afternoon, a municipal water truck rolls up in a cloud of dust on Liborio Mangiapane’s farm in southern Sicily. “It’s a constant anxiety to keep the animals from suffering, but also just to have a chance to wash ourselves.” Sheep are released to graze as the sun sets and temperatures go down, at …
An Al Jazeera series: Remon was abducted. “Only my brother was aware and he gave me a small passport photo of him that I still carry with me, telling me that whenever I feel the need to talk to someone, look at that photo and I will feel close to him.” Ten years after he left Alexandria, that photograph still …