Corso di calligrafia araba online di Amjed Rifaie
Vi presento un corso davvero in grado di illuminare i vostri giorni ed il vostro Ramadan con una grazia e profondità unica grazie ad un'artista davvero straordinario come Amjed Rifaie…
Progetto Kitab: Bompiani
Sesta puntata del “Progetto Kitab” con la casa editrice Bompiani che ha presente nel suo catalogo ben 129 libri affini al nostro progetto La casa editrice È il 1929. Dopo…
The 5 best books read in 2020 (and 5 honorable mentions)
The 5 most beautiful and significant titles read this year and 5 honorable mentions Preamble The list is not in order of pleasantness but in chronological order, except for the…
Mizrahim, the Jews of the Middle East
A population that has always lived in the Middle East, to the point of becoming, until the birth of Israel, one of the most wealthy and powerful Jewish groups ever.…
Yezidi, the Peacock worshipers: the memorial and some prayers
Last part of a 3-episode series dedicated to the Yezidis and their faith. In this episode: one of the few official documents and two prayers “Gli adoratori del pavone” by…
Yazidis, the Peacock worshipers: sacred books and the origins of the cosmos
Second part of a 3-episode series dedicated to the Yezidis and their faith. In this episode: the origins of the cosmos, of man and their two sacred books “Gli adoratori…
Yazidi, the worshipers of the Peacock: religion
First part of a 3-episode series dedicated to the Yazidis and their faith. In this episode: the origins, the peacock angel and Sheikh 'Adi "Gli adoratori del pavone" by Giuseppe…
Extra: 2 must-see books from the Arab world
2 books from the Arab world on which we could not build a list but which absolutely had to be cited Extra For some weeks now we have launched a…
Yazidis, worshipers of the Peacock Angel
On 5 October 2018 Nadia Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The award pays tribute to the efforts made by the Yazidi activist who has never stopped telling her…
“Frankenstein in Baghdad” by Ahmed Saadawi
The magical realism of the Middle East is intertwined in this profound reflection between guilt and innocence. A novel capable of bringing to light the reflections of a sick Baghdad,…
