Presentation of the book “Pomegranates & Artichokes Recipes and memories of a journey from Iran to Italy” and a cooking demonstration at the Scuola d’Arte Culinaria Cordon Bleu – Sunday 15 October Among the special guest at this edition there is Iranian writer and food photographer Saghar Setareh, born in Tehran and based in Rome. “Pomegranates
Middle East Now 2022 is also online! From 4 to 9 October 2022 in the Più Compagnia virtual room, in collaboration with MyMovies, you can watch many of the films of the festival also with extra content, with a single subscription of € 7.90. The platform is available only from Italy. To see the complete
From 6 to 11 October 2020 you can watch the films of this edition in streaming, even with extra contents, accessing the Più Compagnia virtual screenig room, with a single subscription of € 9.90 euros. A platform in collaboration with MyMovies. Access the virtual screening room Più Compagnia: https://www.mymovies.it/ondemand/middleastnow/ Tuesday 6 October Festival Opening Film
Would you like to be part of the staff of this edition of the festival, participate in its organization and live the unique experience of the days of Middle East Now, with all its events, protagonists and opportunities to get to know more about this area of the world? Contact us and join the Volunteer
Anissa Helou will be in Florence with a presentation of her last book “Feast: Food of the Islamic World”, and a special cooking demonstration dedicated to the different ways of making bread in the Islamic world. Saturday, April 6 (10:30am / 1:00pm) at the Cordon Bleu School. For info and reservations: info@middleastnow.it Anissa Helou (www.anissas.com)
“Our Syria. Recipes from Home” is a collection of stories and recipes from one of the largest culinary cultures in the world, written by two young passionate cooks Dina Mousawi and Itab Azzam. The book is a celebration of the taste, culinary culture and raw materials of Syria and, at the same time, a celebration
Middle East Now wants to to tag the strong themes of the contemporary Middle East, among internet, social media and real changes within the society. The 2018 edition of the festival looks at the contemporary Middle East through an unusual observation lens: the hashtag symbol used every day by millions of people to tell their stories. Hashtag
Philip Juma – founder of Juma Kitchen, famous supper clubs and pop up restaurants in London, to raise awareness on the Iraqi dishes in Europe and the world – will be one of the special guests of Middle East Now, with a cooking class at the Cordon Bleu School (Saturday 8 April), and a special Iraqi
It’s now open the Call for Submissions of the 8th edition of Middle East Now, that will be held in Florence from 4 to 9 April 2017. We are looking for feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation films produced in 2015-2016-2017 and coming from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE and Yemen. If you want to participate with a feature film,
