Middle East Now: more than just films

Cinema, documentaries, art, music, food, meetings and cultural projects, Middle East Now Festival (MENF) returns to Florence from the 28th of September to the 3rd of October 2021 for it’s twelfth edition. The theme of this edition is (Re)-Aligning Perspectives, highlighting the need for readjustment after the immense impact of a global crisis that has […]

Mahfuz and Pratolini: a comparative reading

Two writers, two different cities: Nagib Mahfuz’s Cairo and Vasco Pratolini’s Florence. Each writing about the everyday life in the alleys of their neighbourhood. The analogies between the writings of these two distinguished authors will be the theme of the conference organized by Good World Citizen and The Centro Creatività Cultura. The conference is going […]

National meeting: The Environment and the Care for the Creation

Muslims and Catholics come together for the National Islamic- Catholic Meeting as part of a five-year project that aims to outline some points of the Document on Human Fraternity. The “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” was signed by Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahamd Al- Tayyeb and the head of the Catholic […]

An indiscreet look at the unknown USSR

Sergej Vasiliev, World Press Photo winner, arrives in Florence with his shots in the first anthological exhibition in Italy dedicated to him. With his camera, Sergei Vasiliev has narrated an unprecedented Russia, documenting for over 40 years the life of Ural cities such as Chelyabinsk, where he started working as a reporter in a local newspaper. […]

Toscana celebrates Eid

The Comunità Islamica di Firenze e Toscana will be celebrating the Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Due to restrictions related to COVID-19 the prayer will be held in an open space with respect to norms of masking and social distancing. The Comunità Islamica wishes everyone Happy Eid!

A taste of international literature

My nighbour’s book of the Filippo Buonarroti and the Orticoltura Libraries, is resuming this year after a one year disconnect bringing a collection of national and international literature to the district five community. GWC’s deputy director Sandra Rodrigues is presenting her publication in this event to be held on Friday 7 May, 2021 at 5.30 […]

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