Tag Archives: religion

there shall not be two pharaohs (film: Cairo Conspiracy – Tarik Saleh, 2022)

Posted on June 3, 2023 by admin

Tarik Saleh is an Egyptian-born filmmaker living in Sweden. His career is divided between Sweden, Hollywood and productions about Egypt. The latter are made outside the country, including ‘Cairo Conspiracy‘ in which the story takes place in a Cairo whose … Continue reading →

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of men and monks (film: Des hommes et des dieux – Xavier Beauvois, 2010)

Posted on October 1, 2020 by admin

Xavier Beauvois‘s ‘Des hommes et des dieux‘ (a title that was translated into English with a reversal of nouns as ‘Of Gods and Men‘) addresses the complex issue of confronting terrorism in the Arab world by focusing on an event … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week /3 – History and Religion

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

The future episodes will talk a lot about history and about religion, and in many cases about both. The minuscule island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean offers on a very limited surface one of the richer collections of historical … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem

Posted on February 4, 2010 by admin

Almost everything is Jerusalem is about history. Almost everything in Jerusalem is about faith. Almost everything in Jerusalem is about beauty. The Notre Dame Center at the end of the Jaffa Road and near the walls of the Old City … Continue reading →

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The Edict of Turda

Posted on January 15, 2010 by admin

I learned today from a History Today article that the first legislation of religious freedom, pluralism and prevalence of the state power over religious autorities was given by king John II Sigismund of Transylvania in the city of Turda in … Continue reading →

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Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests

Posted on December 27, 2009 by admin

Brian Coll sends in one of the last issues of TIME Magazine a Postcard from Belfast dealing with the lowering number of priests being ordinate in Ireland –  http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1942665,00.html . It is interesting to see how different religions in the … Continue reading →

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