To say Yolanda Guardi is familiar the academic rigour is an understatement: she earned degrees from universities in Spain (Anthropology and Arabic…

On 13 January 1898, French journalist Emile Zola penned an open letter to Felix Faure, then-President of the French Republic, titled J’accuse (I…

Since Simon & Schuster published his biography in September, there have been some difficult days for billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.Days…

Milan: One of Italy’s most renowned Arabists, Paolo Branca, spoke to Al Majalla about his life and work in fostering understanding between the two…

Turin, Italy: In the realm of literary wonders, the Turin International Book Fair (Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino) took attendees on a…

During his many years living in Italy, Iraqi-born Younis Tawfik has translated and penned many Italian-language novels that have left their mark on…

The idea of the scapegoat goes back centuries, as has societies’ need for them. Far from dying out, the scapegoat is still gainfully employed today,…

It always rains in this country,Perhaps because I am a foreigner.We travel at night,Forgetting that we are blind,To reach a bare land,Which needs our…

Milan: Antonio Scurati, the contemporary writer, storyteller, and professor at the Institute of Modern Languages at the University of Milan, launched…

Missiroli’s perfect poise is designed to give you two specific impressions. First, that he, as a writer, has deep knowledge of the human soul, even…