Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci (born 24th July 1929 in Florence) is an Italian journalist and author, who travelled much in Vietnam, Pakistan, and South America. Recently she received much public attention for her open critique of contemporary Islam, which she said is trying to destroy the West, and that Islamists might succeed at subjugating the West and recreating it in their Islamic image. She criticizes intellectuals, especially Europeans, who ignore deep Islamist hatred of the West's intellectual traditions.

Books:

• One Man, a novel about her lover Alekos Panagoulis[?], a leader of the Greek resistance against the Junta, written after he was murdered by his opponents
• The Rage and The Pride[?]
• Inshallah[?], a fictional account of Italian troops stationed in Lebanon in 1983
• Letter to a child never born, a dialogue between a mother and her unborn child
• So be it, report on the Vietnam war based on personal experiences

Quotes:

• "The clash between us and them is not a military one. It's a cultural one, a religious one, and the worst is still to come."