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Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
14 September 2021

Film review: Horses of God (2012) by Nabil Ayouch, *****

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Synopsis In Horses of God, Nabil Ayouch tells the story of two young soccer-loving friends, Yachine and Nabil, growing up under the fierce p...
18 May 2021

Film review: Wadjda (2012) by Reem Abdullah, *****

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Synopsys A rebellious Saudi Arabian girl hatches a plan to get her hands on the bicycle she craves in this coming-of-age story from first ti...
27 July 2020

Film review: Queen of the Desert (2015) by Werner Herzog, *****

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Synopsys Gertrude Bell , a daughter of wealthy British parents, has no interest in the social life of the London elite. Balls, reception...
25 December 2017

My book on the Maldives is available in English! "Journeys through the Maldives" by Marco Carnovale

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Typical Maldivan boat Tales from the many trips to the Maldives of the author. Avoiding the tourist resorts, he visited remote villages,...
18 December 2017

Book review: The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy (2015) by J. J. Robinson, ****

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Islamic Center in Malé Synopsis The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than...
01 March 2014

An Italian actress in London

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Celeste is a 29-yo Italian artist who has been here a couple of years. She is from Puglia and tried a career in Rome but as so often the cas...
05 May 2013

The National Museum of Maldives (second visit)

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Today it's my second visit to the Maldives National Museum. I came here for the first time in 2009, and I wrote about this visit in my b...
30 November 2012

Libro: Viaggio alle Maldive (2a edizione, 2015) di Marco Carnovale

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Sinossi Racconto dei molti viaggi alle Maldive dell'autore, che ha navigato in lungo e i in largo per gli atolli, incontrando la gen...
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28 January 2012

Book review/Recensione: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, *****

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Recensione in italiano di seguito! Synopsis Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in ...
03 October 2009

Film review: Afghanistan, Messengers from a Dark Past (2007), by Hossein Sadre and Florence Gavage, *****

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Synopsis Having been ravaged by over twenty-five years of civil war and strife, Afghanistan has today lost nearly all that made up its rich...
01 August 2009

Book Review: Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qu'ran, by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, ****

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Synopsis Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of hi...

Recensione: Monsieur Ibrahim e i Fiori del Corano, du Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, ****

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Sinossi Il breve intreccio di strade di un popolare quartiere parigino annovera vie che hanno il sapore delle favole: Rue Bleue, Rue de Par...
19 March 2009

Al Museo Nazionale delle Maldive, Malé

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Pur avendo un aspetto esteriore piuttosto miserello (NDA: nel 2009 il museo è ancora ospitato un un vecchio edificio, ma dall'anno pross...
17 March 2009

L'islam alle Maldive

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Il muezzin richiama alla preghiera con la consueta regolarità, si sente da tutto il centro di Malé. Di regola, quando parte la registrazio...
10 July 2005

Book Review: Ladakh - Crossroads of High Asia, by Janet Rizvi, *****

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Synopsis This highly readable volume offers the first authoritative account of the history, religions, culture, and social conditions of La...
10 July 2004

Book Review: The Force of Reason, by Oriana Fallaci, *****

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Synopsis Oriana Fallaci is back with her much-anticipated follow up to The Rage and the Pride, her powerful post-September 11 manifesto. ...

Recensione: La Forza della Ragione, di Oriana Fallaci, *****

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Sinossi "La forza della ragione" voleva essere solo un post-scriptum intitolato "Due anni dopo", cioè una breve appen...
13 September 2003

Book Review: Not Without My Daughter, by Betty Mahmoody, *****

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Synopsis 'You are here for the rest of your life. Do you understand? You are not leaving Iran. You are here until you die.' Betty...
11 January 2003

25° g - 11 GEN: Pune e rientro a Mumbai

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A Pune convivono, letteralmente fianco a fianco, negli stessi quartieri, bidonville puzzolenti e condomini sfavillanti, ricoveri per bovini ...
02 April 2002

Recensione: La rabbia e l'orgoglio (2001) di Oriana Fallaci, *****

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You can read an English version of the article on which this book is based here . Sinossi Con " La rabbia e l'orgoglio " ...