Who is Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci (Italian: [oˈrjaːna falˈlaːtʃi]; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. A partisan during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution, and her "long, aggressive and revealing interviews" with many world leaders during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Her book Interview with History contains interviews with Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Willy Brandt, Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and Henry Kissinger, South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and North Vietnamese General Võ Nguyên Giáp during the Vietnam War. The interview with Kissinger was published in Playboy, with Kissinger describing himse...
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Oriana Fallaci Quotes

• I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.
• I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
• Physical courage is a great test.
• In my old age, I have been thinking about this, and I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage.
• I don't want to hear about my death.

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Comments about Oriana Fallaci

• Toekneediaz: "what's the point anyway—of suffering, dying? it teaches us to live, boy. a man who does not struggle does not live, he survives." - oriana fallaci
• Shadihamid: oriana fallaci's 1979 interview with khomeini is absolute chaos. and darkly funny. "i'm sorry to hear that"
• Aroramunna: "love on one side is not enough. love is a dialogue, not a monologue...." oriana fallaci
• Weissnich2: indira gandhi gave him a tough time negotiating because he passed some really derogatory remarks about indira gandhi in his interview with oriana fallaci and she told indira gandhi. later our beloved establishment harassed fallaci to say that these were her own words and…
• Azzatalsaleem: arabic sings for streets in germany! oriana fallaci: “europe is no longer europe, it is eurabia, a colony of lsiam where the lsiamic invasion is taking place not only in a physical sense, but also in a mental and cultural sense. ”

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