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The “French Connection” Linking Victor Hugo, Verdi, Batman, and the Film “Se7en” Posted by Hichem on Aug 9, 2011
Today, Opera composer Giuseppe Verdi is widely celebrated as one of the major figures of what Italians proudly call “il Risorgimento“, the movement which, exactly 150 years ago, gave birth to l’unification de l’Italie (the Italian unification.) Many people, however, still ignore, even in today’s Italy, that their beloved maestro italiano was in fact born a Frenchman! The reason being that, when Verdi was born…
Jacques Brel vs. Colonel Gaddafi: Zangra Meets Zenga Zenga Posted by Hichem on Mar 31, 2011
IF someone told you that Colonel Gaddafi‘s life-long vocation as a deeply confused dictateur (dictator) traced back its origin to the military career of a World War II fascist foot soldier, whose mission was to resume the century-old Italian occupation of la Lybie, you probably would wonder how that could be the case. But what if, in…