Friday, 30 November 2018


Particular cases

After a revision about his family tree: a Turk grandmother, an Egyptian Maronite grandfather, a poet and anticlerical grandfather and a great great grand uncle who was the first one in making a translation to Arabic of Moliere´s works... Amin Maalouf is convinced that ‘Humanity, whole it´s made by particular cases’ and that if one have to define his or her identity cannot only say ‘I am Arab’, ‘I am black’ or ‘I am Jewish’.

Wednesday, 21 November 2018


In the Name of Identity

Anyone could stop reading Amin Maalouf's book after his first paragraph. Anyone who was able to understand what the writer means by living on the edge (lisière) of two countries, two or three languages and different cultural traditions.

Monday, 12 November 2018


Godoy in Poland. Return to Warsaw
Fourth and last delivery

<<Saturday, 6th October 2018
I'm going to Warsaw via Bialystok. I catch the bus at 9:00.
Sunny day and 8º. Pleasant trip, I do not know why but today I´ve paid 8 PLN.

Saturday, 3 November 2018


Godoy in Poland. Hajnowka
The third email, Fran

<<Wednesday, 3rd October 2018
It´s a greyish day. It´s raining. It´s common at this season of year.
I arrive early at the station and I see there is a bus which departs a 9:25. It´s 9:00, so I buy the ticket. Excellent panoramic view from Białystok to Hajnowka by 9PLN.