“Stories from Our Neighbourhood ” by Nagib Mahfuz
The lives in the Gamaleya neighborhood observed by a young Nagib Mahfuz. One of the classics of the nobel prize-winning author for literature, the life of Cairo's most iconic neighborhood…
“Alexander’s Book of Luck” by Nizami
Nezami's book, the absolute pearl of Persian literature, fully shows us the figure of Alexander the Great philosopher and "prophet", alternating philosophical discourses and adventures around the world Alessandro Magno…
Alexander the Great according to Ferdowsi
The legendary Persian poet is the first to unite the figure of Alexander with the Quranic Dhul-Qarnayn, giving life to a truly extraordinary myth that will make us travel through…
“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…
“Eleven planets” by Mahmoud Darwish
"Eleven Planets" is the latest Italian collection of poems by Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian poet par excellence. Published in Italy by Jouvence, the book was written in 1992, a year…
“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi
The Iranian cultural revolution seen through the eyes of a young girl. The autobiography of Marjane Satrapi has, with the passage of time, become a real cult among graphic novels,…
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…
Dagon, between Lovecraft and the Phoenicians
Lovecraft's second tale, Dagon, is deeply tied to the biblical and Mesopotamian imagery, providing the reader with very interesting anecdotes of "divine mutations". Dagon according to Lovecraft The story of…
