San Cataldo in Palermo
From states of culture to states of blood
A process that began about a century ago and which today, more than yesterday, is showing its maximum power. A radical transition from states of culture to states of blood…
Palestine, Joe Sacco’s masterpiece
The Maltese cartoonist drags us to the Palestinian refugee camps of the second Intifada, where normality is tragic. Palestine in its entirety A severe and detailed reportage of the conditions…
Flags
10.10.16 I look around these days, I start to reflect on something about which until some time ago I knew how to give an answer but which, inevitably, can no…
Sami Khedira, a life between 2 worlds
Sami Khedira, a life between 2 realities, Germany and Tunisia, orders of merit and a ball. The story of who can truly be called a symbol of the new open…
An example of a vampire watermelon
Watermelons and vampire pumpkins from the Balkans
Ever heard of watermelons and vampire pumpkins? They are a particular popular belief documented by Tatomir Vukanovic in Kosovo in the mid-1900s; a treasure to be rediscovered. Pumpkins and vampire…
The coco de mer of Seychelles
The world's largest coconut comes from the Seychelles and preserves incredible myths and traditions. In ancient times it was considered the home of the Simurgh or Garuda, today it is…
