The Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca of Ibn Battuta
Because of Covid, the 2020/1441 Hajj will not be celebrated, for this reason, we relive that of the greatest traveler ever: Ibn Battuta Duty premise: what you are about to…
The ihram, the “sacralization” of the pilgrimage
Before talking to you about the Hajj, it is necessary to talk about the ihram, the state of sacralization that precedes it The words of Ibn Battuta Departing from Medina…
Mecca, the city of God
Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, the Hajj destination every year, the pilgrimage, 5th pillar of faith and task for the life of the believer The words of Ibn Battuta…
Medina, the city of Islam
Medina is the city where Islam changed from theory to practice, forever transforming the whole world The words of Ibn Battuta On the evening of that same day, we entered…
L’arte di tradurre: intervista a Barbara Benini
Dopo avervi portato libri come "Utopia", "Cani sciolti" e "La vedova scrive lettere in segreto", è tempo di farvi conoscere la grande traduttrice Barbara Benini; un'intervista che vi permetterà di…
“The widow secretly writes letters” by Tareq Imam
An Egyptian widow, now at the end of her life, chooses to spend the last days of her life in her native land, where she will discover a new side…
“Utopia” by Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq
"Utopia" will take you to an Egypt where the rich are isolated from the poor and have fun in macabre manhunts; Will humanity emerge or will it also fall prey…
“Beirut 75” by Ghada Samman
A book that bewitches by style and rhythm, taking us by taxi to Beirut to discover the "hellish" life that was lived there in 1974, just one year before the…
“Ibn Khaldun and the Muqaddimah” by Massimo Campanini
A great introduction to Ibn Khaldun, one of the greatest historians and sociologists in all Islamic history Royal authority and dynastic power are achieved only through the group and the…
“The white castle” by Orhan Pamuk
"The white castle" will transport us to Istanbul in the mid-17th century, telling the story of a Turkish master and an Italian servant, so equal as to merge into one…
