Tonight on Netflix: the series that proves that in the Middle Ages, Europe was worse than Game of Thrones

This nugget of the small screen plunges you into a distant and extraordinary past when glory and gore went hand in hand: we named “Vikings”, the heroic, the aesthetic, the absolutely epic. Our story begins in the 8th century in a small Scandinavian village called Kattegat where lives Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer … Read more

No stability in the Middle East “without a strong Iraq”, according to the Italian Prime Minister

AL-BAHA: Located in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, the Al-Baha region is home to a wealth of natural wonders and ancient heritage sites, making it one of the most attractive emerging tourist destinations in the Kingdom. The bare, granite slopes of the Chada Al-Asfal Mountains provide an impressive backdrop to a region rich … Read more

General Assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement of Europe and the Middle East

The Juarun Oratory, a Zagreb neighborhood, hosted last weekend the XVIII General Assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement (MJS) of Europe and the Middle East, which was attended by some 70 people from 15 countries. All of them, united by the charism of Don Bosco and Mother Mazzarello, aimed at increasing the number of young … Read more

Middle East Now, the film festival dedicated to the Middle East with a focus on Iran

Middle East Now will be from 4 to 9 October 2022, at the Cinema La Compagnia, at the Cinema Stensen and in other Florentine spaces, with a multifaceted program of events, including cinema, documentaries, art, exhibitions, music, food, meetings and cultural projects. This is a festival that has always been characterized by … Read more

In Crossroads, novelist Jonathan Franzen portrays America’s middle

11:00 a.m., September 28, 2022, amended at 1:04 p.m., September 28, 2022 The pages of life turn and the time of innocence fades. Christmas Eve, 1971. An affluent suburb of Chicago. He is a pastor at New Prospect; she is a stay-at-home mom. Russ and Marion Hildebrandt are the parents of four children: Clem (20), … Read more

The sound experience of a journey in music that lasted 25 years between the Mediterranean, the East and the Middle East

Goes out on October 8 for Finisterre “And so everything sings: dialogues and music for a possible future”, the first cd book from MishMashthe story between notes and words of a 25-year journey in music that saw the Italian band meet sounds and voices from every corner of the world at the crossroads of four … Read more

“Middle East Now”, the Florence festival on the most contemporary Middle Eastern culture

“Middle East Now” get back to Florence from 4 to 9 October 2022to the Cinema The Companyto the Stensen cinema and in other city spaces, with a multiform program of events, including cinema, documentaries, art, exhibitions, music, food, meetings and cultural projects in a broader sense. This is a festival that has always been characterized … Read more

Branduardi: “My Middle Ages from San Francesco to Sant’Ildegarda”

Angelo Branduardi he is a serious person and like all serious people he is self-deprecating and never serious. He jokes about the air of a guru, but he doesn’t know what it means to put on airs. In the panorama of the author’s song it is unique, in the sense that in formation, themes and … Read more