“Everything Is Illuminated” by Liev Schreiber
A different film, able to excite and fully understand what was the Jewish "catastrophe" Shoah. A new point of view from Ukraine in a story that exudes memory and mystery…
The origins of the myth of Alexander the Great in the Persian-Islamic world
Alexander the Great, one of the most important men in the European world, becomes an almost prophetic figure in the Islamic world, so much so as to stimulate some of…
“Nos richesses” by Kaouther Adimi
Kaouther Adimi's book will take you back in time by making you relive the magic of the "Les Vraies Richesses" bookshop and its publisher, Edmond Charlot, friend and discoverer of…
“Life of Pi” by Ang Lee
One of the most iconic films of 2012, a fable between religions, tigers and the sea. Ang Lee delights us with this masterpiece between the mystical and the adventure. Life…
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 Caspian tiger
The Caspian tiger was, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the felines that most influenced the imagination of Asia and the Middle East. Unfortunately, this mammal of immense…
Iram of the Pillars, the Atlantis of the desert
The story of Iram the Pillars, still hidden today by the desert sands. Many theories about its location, still unknown today. Iram of the Pillars As mentioned in the article…
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…
