I was born about 29 years ago, in a town at the gates of the great African Sahara.
My town boasts the most exquisite race of ram that every year proposes…
Lyas Laamari28 October 2016
Global data on HIV spread are clear: the virus is much less diffused in Arab countries than in the rest of the planet. But in these countries, men who have…
Michele Benini4 May 2015
Russia is trying to spread its homophobia more and more, especially in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Asian states. Among them, Kyrgyzstan is discussing these days a package of…
Michele Benini29 July 2014
A large part of media does not even seem to have noticed the importance of what happened Wednesday July 9th in Southeastern Asia, even though the historical relevance of the…
Pier Cesare Notaro11 July 2014
The first one is the champion of democracy: his name is Joko Widodo, but his countrymen prefer the affectionate nickname of Jokowi. Member of the Indonesian Democratic Party and former…
Pier Cesare Notaro8 July 2014
"Do you experience shame and guilt over being gay or homosexual? It's easy for me to say, 'Stop, there's nothing to be ashamed about!' But it's a lot harder to…
Michele Benini13 March 2014
Someone acclaims Hicham Tahir, someone else attacks him: this young Moroccan writer, 24 years old, has recently published his first personal collection of short stories, "Jaabouq" (Casa Express 2013, 128…
Michele Benini16 October 2013
Zeeshan pulls out his smartphone, opens Grindr with few touches of his fingers and finds out that about 250 meters another man is connected. The picture shows a beautiful chest,…
Pier Cesare Notaro6 September 2013
Turkey is not an Arab country and protests in Turkey are not an Arab spring. Yet, Turkish tensions and the ones that inflame many countries of Northern Africa share various,…
Pier Cesare Notaro23 July 2013
Sidi Bouzid, Cairo, Athens, Barcelona, Santiago, Moscow, Tel Aviv, New York, Bucharest, Sofia, Istanbul, São Paulo... Impressive mass protests have characterized the last few months, leaving bewildered even the most…
Pier Cesare Notaro21 July 2013
Same-sex marriages between two Muslim believers, like the one celebrated in France? They are more and more frequent around the whole world, but they are "haram" (not permitted by Islam),…
Pier Cesare Notaro4 June 2013
