The writer Alaa Al Aswani hands over the “Totem of Peace” to Mayor Luigi De Magistris

Napoli | 14 September 2011
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In the name of all the winners of the MEDITERRANEAN AWARD – 146 personalities from 43 countries, such as the Nobel prize-winners Naguib Mahfouz and Shirin Ebadi, Lea Rabin, Simon Peres, Queen Rania of Jordan, etc. , who have received this prestigious award - the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswani symbolically handed over the “Totem of Peace”, by the sculptor Mario Molinari, to the mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, with the wish that one day it will be possible to report of a “Neapolitan revolution” that can give back to this city its role of great European and Mediterranean capital. Naples le 14 septembre 2011 Alaa Al- Aswani

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Alaa Al Aswani and the book “Nostro Mare Nostro”

Napoli | 13 September 2011
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During a meeting in Naples, the writer Alaa Al Aswani stressed the importance of the book “Nostro Mare Nostro” written by Michele Capasso. “A unique testimony of true life, of personal experience. A rare example of care for common well-being ”. These are Alaa Al Aswani’s words at the end of the meeting.
The book Nostro Mare Nostro The press release

Presentation of Alaa Al Aswani’s Book “La Rivoluzione Egiziana”

Napoli | 13 September 2011
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During a meeting at Feltrinelli Bookshop in Naples there was the presentation of Alaa Al Aswani’s book “La rivoluzione egiziana” (The Egyptian Revolution), published by Feltrinelli.
On that occasion president Capasso recalled his long-standing friendship with the writer as well as the numerous battles carried out together in favour of freedom and democracy in Egypt and in Arab countries.

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The memory and the future: the South, the Mediterranean, the World

Oliveto Citra | 10 September 2011
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