THEn program in Turin from 9 to 12 October, The third edition of the Mission Festival It is a special occasion to make special meetings. Among the many interesting guests we have chosen 5 women: they are resilient women, who not only have chosen to commit themselves for very high values, but They never surrendered, even when it was much, much easier to give in to anger, despair, renunciation. As Diane Foley, mother of journalist James Foleykilled by ISIS in 2014, which will tell about his difficult choice to forgive. Or like Aung San Suu Kyi and Narges Mohammadi, two women Nobel Peace Prizes for peace, today in prison for their ideas and their commitment to human rights (Kim Aris, son of the Burmese leader, and Taghi Rahmani, husband of the Iranian activist) will intervene in Turin).. Here is the complete program of the Festival.
Mission Festival 2025, 5 stories of resilient women
Diane Foley, who forgiven the man who killed his son
The expanse of a Syrian desert, a boy in orange suit and, behind he, a man completely dressed in black with a knife in hand. The knife does not stop: the US journalistHe held James Foley was, after twenty -one months of imprisonment and torture, the first beheaded civil hostage from ISIS. Diane Foley is her mother: a woman who, when – seven years later – had the opportunity to meet Alexanda Kotey, Foreign Fighter of ISIS and head of the brutal assassination, caught her. He spoke to him, he tightened his hand, forgiven him. On the meeting ha Written the book A mother -four hands with the Irish writer Colum McCann -, but, President and founder of James W. Foley Legacy Foundation (JWFLF), since then he has been fighting for all hostages, unjustly detainees and their families.
At the Mission Festival he will talk about the his choice to forgive “to stay alive”, and of reparative justice, capable of treating even the most atrocious wounds.
Diane Foley. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP) (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP via Getty Images)