Fallaci: Warrior in the Cause of Human Freedom

Front Page Mag ^ | November 30, 2005 | Robert Spencer

[mal]

“We are gathered here tonight,” announced David Horowitz, “to honor a warrior in the cause of human freedom.”

Oriana Fallaci, who received the Center for the Study of Popular Culture’s Annie Taylor Award in New York Monday evening, has been a warrior for human freedom ever since she joined the anti-fascist resistance in 1944, at age fourteen. For over six decades, she has fought against those she has labeled “the bastards who decide our lives,” opposing all forms of tyranny and oppression, from Mussolini and Hitler to Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. She amassed a fearsome reputation as an interviewer, recounting of Ariel Sharon: “‘I know you’ve come to add another scalp to your necklace,’ he murmured almost with sadness when I went to interview him in 1982.” Other scalps on her necklace include that of Henry Kissinger, who termed his interview with Fallaci “the most disastrous conversation I ever had with any member of the press.” While interviewing the Ayatollah Khomeini, Fallaci called him a “tyrant” and tore off the chador she had had to wear in order to be admitted to his presence. According to Daniel Pipes in his introduction of Fallaci Monday night, she is also apparently one of the few who ever made the irascible old man laugh.

[crazycat]

She is one brave and smart woman.

Tks for the post.

[Dark Skies]

When he says that Islam a ‘religion of peace,’ she has said, ‘each time he says it on TV? I’m there alone, and I watch it and say, “Shut up! Shut up, Bush!” But he doesn’t listen to me.’”

Bump.

[ml/nj]

Since I wrote the trilogy (La Rabbia e l’Orgoglio (The Rage and the Pride), La Forza della Ragione (The Force of Reason), and L’Apocalisse (The Apocalypse) ...

Does anyone know anything about The Apocalypse? Amazon doesn't appear to list it.

ML/NJ

[ml/nj]

Since I wrote the trilogy (La Rabbia e l’Orgoglio (The Rage and the Pride), La Forza della Ragione (The Force of Reason), and L’Apocalisse (The Apocalypse) ...

Does anyone know anything about The Apocalypse? Amazon doesn't appear to list it.

ML/NJ

[nuconvert]

pong

[Lloyd227]

I'd also like to know where to get a copy of The Apocalypse. Please ping me if you get an answer.

Cheers,
Lloyd

[DumpsterDiver]

This may not help with finding a copy of the book, but.... ;^)

This is from a blogger who has been translating Fallaci's articles from Italian to English.

Fallaci's Apocalypse
May 9, 2005
http://mysteryachievement.blogspot.com/2005/05/fallacis-apocalypse.html

"This is the beginning of a series that will translate an article in an issue of Corriere della Sera Magazine that was published this past January. In it are excerpts from Oriana Fallaci's book, Apocalypse; a collection of excerpts from The Rage and The Pride, The Force of Reason, and some original material."

"(Note: If this is your first experince with Ms. Fallaci, fasten your seatbelts.) The article is in an interview format, and I will try to distingush between interviewer and Ms. Fallaci's remarks as much as Blogger's capabilities allow. This will be the first of two parts on moderate Islam."

Fallaci's Apocalypse, Part Due
May 10, 2005
http://mysteryachievement.blogspot.com/2005/05/fallacis-apocalypse-part-due.html

And here is a couple of more articles just for the heck of it.

The Enemy We Treat Like A Friend"
Part I 7/23/2005
http://mysteryachievement.blogspot.com/2005/07/enemy-we-treat-like-friend-part-i.html

The Enemy We Treat Like A Friend"
Part II 7/24/2005
http://mysteryachievement.blogspot.com/2005/07/enemy-we-treat-like-friend-part-ii.html

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Fallaci ping.