Dhofar, the home of Frankincense
The Dhofar region extends into the westernmost part of Oman, a historic place for the production of frankincense The words of Ibn Battuta "Leaving Kilwa we headed towards the end…
Lovecraft ed il Medio Oriente, la serie completa
La raccolta completa di tutti i nostri articoli, video e podcast riguardanti H.P. Lovecraft ed il suo rapporto con il Medio Oriente La città senza nome di H.P.Lovecraft https://youtu.be/o80JWbcBVFA Il…
Aden, the port of Yemen
Aden is the historic port of Yemen, able to alter the country's fortunes according to its own and to amaze travelers from all over for its prosperity The words of…
Sana’a, the eternal capital of Yemen
Of all the cities of Yemen, Sana'a is undoubtedly the one that has always been able to re-emerge, rightly representing the soul of the country The words of Ibn Battuta…
Ta’izz, so beautiful as to sow discord
Ta'izz, a city so large and prosperous that it laid the origins of the divisions between the North and South of Yemen The words of Ibn Battuta "The next stop…
The Asian lion
The Asian lion, formerly also present on the Mediterranean coasts, was the animal that most of all embodied the ideal of royalty and power, so much so that it was…
The Necronomicon
Without a shadow of a doubt one of the most interesting pseudobiblions in history, with very profound references to the Arab world and the penetration of its sciences into the…
Abdul Alhazred, the “half-crazed Arab”
Abdul Alhazred is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most interesting and most successful figures in the entire universe of H.P. Lovecraft, becoming the protagonist as a…
The nameless city
The Nameless City of H.P.Lovecraft
We have noticed a larger number of references to the Middle East world than expected within the universe of H.P. Lovecraft and it seemed to us a quite ambitious and…
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…
