Interculturalism: a new approach for a new society

One of the core values of Good World Citizen is interculturalism which is a fundamental and essential approach in an interconnected and globalized world. On Friday 15th of October in the Sala Verde at the Scuole Pie Fiorentine, GWC presented its team and its projects and, most importantly, the significance of the intercultural approach and […]

Mahfuz and Pratolini: a comparative reading

Two writers, two different cities: Nagib Mahfuz’s Cairo and Vasco Pratolini’s Florence. Each writing about the everyday life in the alleys of their neighbourhood. The analogies between the writings of these two distinguished authors will be the theme of the conference organized by Good World Citizen and The Centro Creatività Cultura. The conference is going […]

National meeting: The Environment and the Care for the Creation

Muslims and Catholics come together for the National Islamic- Catholic Meeting as part of a five-year project that aims to outline some points of the Document on Human Fraternity. The “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” was signed by Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahamd Al- Tayyeb and the head of the Catholic […]

A taste of international literature

My nighbour’s book of the Filippo Buonarroti and the Orticoltura Libraries, is resuming this year after a one year disconnect bringing a collection of national and international literature to the district five community. GWC’s deputy director Sandra Rodrigues is presenting her publication in this event to be held on Friday 7 May, 2021 at 5.30 […]

Oscar-nominated director talks to GWC

Skye Fitzgerald, Acadamy Award Nominee for best documentary (short subject), talked to GWC director Haifa Alsakkaf about his latest film “Hunger Ward”. The movie deals with the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen caused by a civil war that started over five years ago. “Hunger Ward” documents the extemly difficult situation inside two of the most […]

Florentine religious experiences

Good World Citizen joins the organizations interested in this project regarding religious cultural heritage in the city of Florence. The project “Florentine religious experiences: our living cultural heritage”, promoted by the association Confluenze. The goal of this project is to create an instructive tool containing the information about different religious experiences in the city of […]

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