“Il castello bianco” di Orhan Pamuk
"Il castello bianco" ci trasporterà nella Istanbul di metà '600, narrandoci la storia di un padrone turco ed un servo italiano, tanto uguali da confondersi l'uno nell'altro La citazione "Quello…
Curry and its re-incarnations
Curry, a spice that, through its births and rebirths, cannot fail to fully represent the incredible history of India and its flavors Birth and rebirth of curry Before starting with…
Paprika, the Ottoman spice
The history of paprika, a spice created by the Ottomans and which then spread throughout the Hungarian countryside, forever changing the taste of Europe and the world Ottoman spice Although…
Cumin, the “superfood” of the Middle East
Probably the spice that most reminiscent of India and the Middle East; cumin has an amazing history and that has its origins even before history From the Levant to Egypt…
Turmeric, the golden spice of Bengal
Turmeric is one of the best known and most famous spices of antiquity, so incredible in taste and appearance, that it overwhelmingly fits into Bengali culture (and beyond) Turmeric, the…
Mint, from Greece to Morocco
Mint is one of the most appreciated and exploited plants in the whole Islamic world and especially in Morocco, whose origins, however, are to be found in Ancient Greece The…
Mashrou’ Leila, The stars of Beirut
The most famous indie band in the entire Middle East. In less than ten years the Mashrou Leila have managed to establish themselves in the whole region and become a…
“The Worthy” by Ali F. Mostafa
Netflix's "The Worthy" is not an unmissable masterpiece, but it represents a novelty for a genre that has always been a ghost in the Middle East: the post apocalyptic genre.…
“The Prince of the Desert” by Jean-Jacques Annaud
One of the first "epic" films set in Qatar. "The Prince of the Desert" takes us to the beginning of the 20th with the discovery of the first oil wells…
Khaled, The Raï
Few musicians are able to become, willy-nilly, the face of their own musical genre. This is the case of Bob Marley, the Beatles and Khaled, the face of the Raï.…
