Newsletter April 2024

Rawan Anani, Larmes de Gaza 2023 For the past six months, Gaza has witnessed the most odious and horrific scenes of its history. How does one describe the indescribable? How does one uncover and bring to light injustice, even in its most hidden obscurities? How does one escape from the paralyzing voyeurism of horrendous images or […]

Newsletter March 2024

Twenty-two young people from the Middle East, including Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, participated in the Abu Dhabi Congress on Human Fraternity from February 4ᵗʰ to 8ᵗʰ, 2024. Jean Jacques Pérennès, OP shared with us his feeling that one of the reasons for the success of this congress was their presence. Abdelrahman, one of the […]

Newsletter February 2024

If it is true that we are but dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants, and if we are striving to avoid being reduced to mere gnomes who, immersed in the ground, constantly inhale and swallow the dust left by unfavorable winds, we must consider that the knowledge of our history, genealogies, the inspirations of […]

The Paradox of Creation

Guillaume de Vaulx, The Paradox of Creation. Theology of (De)nature and Physics of Worship in the 3ʳᵈ/9ᵗʰ Century Kalām and Falsafa, Quaderni di Studi Arabi, 18 (1-2), pp. 304-332.

Fashion, Clothing, and Modesty in Republican Turkey

Alberto Ambrosio, “Fashion, Clothing, and Modesty in Republican Turkey”, in Ayang Utriza Yakin, Adis Duderija, An Van Raemdonck (eds.), Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam, Luxembourg, Luxembourg School of Religion & Society, pp. 127-140.

Bernard Carra de Vaux

Emmanuel Pisani, « Bernard Carra de Vaux », in David Thomas, John Chesworth (eds), Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, vol. 21. South-western Europe (1800-1914), pp. 484-496.