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Tag: Middle East

From Gaza to Kabul, the Middle East takes the stage in Florence

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 Editorial Staff Life

The 16th edition is underway, running until October 12 across several cinemas in the city centre.

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Middle East Now festival to be held in Florence

The Middle East Now Festival back to Florence

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Editorial Staff Life

Middle East Now Festival are returning to Florence on April 5-10, 2016 with the seventh edition.

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Middle East Now has just started in Florence

Middle East Film Festival 2014 has just started

Thursday, April 10, 2014 Editorial Staff Life

Middle East Now has just started in Florence, Italy. The festival (April 9-April 14, 2014) presents the contemporary Middle East and North Africa, through cinema, documentaries, art projects, music, food and special events.

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Cinema, Middle East Now festival returns to Florence

Saturday, April 7, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

Middle East in movie festivalThe peaceful Yemeni uprising, the return to Tahrir Square after the fall of the Mubarak regime, responsibility for the murder of the former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, and the massacres in Syria all feature at Middle East Now, the international festival of cinema, exhibitions and talks on the Middle East, which is returning to Florence this year.

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NEWS

raining Center dedicated to Pope Leo XIV established in Florence

Training Center dedicated to Pope Leo XIV established in Florence

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Eugenio Giani re-elected as Tuscany’s governor

Eugenio Giani re-elected as Tuscany’s governor

Monday, October 13, 2025

BUSINESS

Major new healthcare center opens in Florence’s Manifattura district

High-tech healthcare hub opens in Florence as SYNLAB expands in Italy

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Tuscan Wines 2025: Excellent Harvest, Market Challenges

Tuscan Wines 2025: Excellent Harvest, Market Challenges

Monday, September 29, 2025

TECH

A detail of the David statue by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1501-1504 CE (Photo: Joe Hunt)

New Web App Brings Michelangelo’s Genius to Life

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Searching for a Family Trait in Florence: A Peculiar Genetic Inquiry

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

TRAVEL

Ryanair adds winter flights from Pisa to Amman and Warsaw

Ryanair adds winter flights from Pisa to Amman and Warsaw

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Italy begins new EU border system tests: Florence, Pisa, Livorno to follow

Saturday, October 11, 2025

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ARTS

A century of fashion on display at Palazzo Pitti’s Museum of Costume and Fashion

A century of fashion on display at Palazzo Pitti’s Museum of Costume and Fashion

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Italian masters of the Belle Époque on show in Pisa

Thursday, October 16, 2025

LIFE

From Gaza to Kabul, the Middle East takes the stage in Florence

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Tim Burton will take center stage in Florence October 2025.

Tim Burton’s Gothic Imagination Arrives at Florence Biennale

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

SPORTS

Pioli’s tactical reshuffle and summer signings have so far failed to deliver

Fiorentina in Crisis After Disastrous Start to the Season

Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Florence is getting ready to lace up for Corri La Vita 2025

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

OPINIONS

The Strength of the Streets and the Value of Political Presence

Sunday, October 12, 2025

A new national holiday for St. Francis sparks a heavenly traffic jam

Sunday, October 12, 2025

ITALIANO

La forza della piazza e il valore della presenza politica

Sunday, October 12, 2025
Oltre 200 persone al trekking urbano per difendere il Crocifisso e il Padule

Oltre 200 persone al trekking urbano di Signa

Saturday, October 4, 2025
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