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2019 Program

Event #33

Dorit Rabinyan, Alessandro Zaccuri

The chimera of peace

The past of relations between the populations involved in the Middle East conflicts is sadly known: the inter-religious dialogue is, even today, one of the main obstacles to achieving political stability and the interruption of the fratricidal war between Israel and Palestine. Over the years, many stories have been written that have enclosed with incredible force the very essence of the conflict and its terrible consequences, reaching readers all over the world thanks to exceptional narrators such as Dorit Rabinyan who, in dialogue with Alessandro Zaccuri, will reflect on the future of this seemingly insoluble plot. Is it possible for people who have been at war for generations to live together peacefully? What are the paths that can currently be taken towards tomorrow?

Interpreter: Marina Astrologo.

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Dorit Rabinyan, class of 1972, was born in Israel into a Jewish family of Iranian origin. Her first novel, Persian Brides (Neri Pozza, 1995), was a great international success. After a period of artistic research ranging from theater to television, she returned to bookstores with her new novel Borderlife (Longanesi, 2017), which won the Bernstein Prize and climbed the charts worldwide.
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Alessandro Zaccuri (La Spezia, 1963) is in charge of Communication at Sacro Cuore University in Milan. He was correspondent and now collaborates with the daily newspaper Avvenire, and is the author of numerous essays and novels. His latest books include: Nel nome (NNE, 2019), La quercia di Bruegel (Aboca, 2021, Mario La Cava Prize) and Poco a me stesso (Marsilio, 2022).Interpreter: Sonia Folin

2019 Program

Event #33

Dorit Rabinyan, Alessandro Zaccuri

The chimera of peace

Space Exploration: today, tomorrow, and… the day after

And they called it sapiens

The future is history

Sketches

A time that is not near

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe. The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)

Fragments of extinctions

Our future with A.I.

Will finance save the world?

Jokes on future

Taking care of oneself, of others, of the world

How is Earth’s climate changing?

The art of reading between past and future

The end of «the end of history»

Scott: future’s first explorer

Yesterday’s and tomorrow's diets. How to survive fake news?

Open Source Architecture

The inflamed mind

Will it still be possible to love you?

The race and the language: the future that does (not) expect us

Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic

The future of the theatre

Piano vs Groove

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe. The rebellion of the Ciompi (1378)

The destiny of a community and many religions: is there a dialogue for the future of humanity?

The Evil’s genes

The future of the word

Looking for immortality

Refugees’ future

What is the perspective of the future of Italy and of the world?

The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)

Robots of the future and plants

The chimera of peace

Re-writing the future of our children

City art versus outskirts art

Achilles, Odysseus and the truth of the future

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe.
The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)