Gian Micalessin (1960) is a journalist, war correspondent and co-founder of the Albatross Press agency, specialised in reports on conflict areas. He is the author of Hezbollah, il partito di Dio del terrore e del welfare, Gli occhi della guerra e Afghanistan, ultima trincea. La sfida che non possiamo perdere and Pakistan, il santuario di Al Qaida. Since the end of the 90s he has been focusing his attention on Middle East issues, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Iran.