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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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Florence and Pisa step up security after Iran escalationFlorence and Pisa step up security after Iran escalation
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Uffizi Galleries reopen restored Lorena Staircase after eight yearsUffizi Galleries reopen restored Lorena Staircase after eight years
New Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia NencioniNew Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia Nencioni
Florence has a new bridge over the Arno: watch the timelapseFlorence has a new bridge over the Arno: watch the timelapse
Palazzo Strozzi unveils 2026 programme, from Rothko to "Broken"Palazzo Strozzi unveils 2026 programme, from Rothko to "Broken"
Florence’s Sant’Orsola complex to be fully accessible by 2028Florence’s Sant’Orsola complex to be fully accessible by 2028
The Strange Seriousness of EurovisionThe Strange Seriousness of Eurovision
Florence museums offer free entry for women on 8 MarchFlorence museums offer free entry for women on 8 March

NEWS

New Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia Nencioni

New Florence bridge to honour Georgofili victims Caterina and Nadia Nencioni

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Florence court ruling paves the way for recovery of former Le Mulina site in the Cascine

Thursday, March 5, 2026

BUSINESS

Florence issues 30 fines in first weeks of new outdoor dining rules

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

4.5 Stars for Vino Nobile 2023, €1 Billion Value for Montepulciano

Saturday, February 14, 2026

TECH

Florence has a new bridge over the Arno: watch the timelapse

Friday, February 27, 2026
Tuscany upgrades regional digital portal with new AI-powered services

Tuscany upgrades regional digital portal with new AI-powered services

Thursday, February 5, 2026

TRAVEL

Giardino delle Rose in Florence to undergo upgrades and path repairs

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Florence named world’s top city for hands-on food experiences

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

In the Spotlight

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ARTS

Florence museums offer free entry for women on 8 March

Friday, March 6, 2026
Ettore Sottsass, one of the key figures in 20th-century design

Major design exhibition opens in Pistoia with 1,400 works on display

Friday, March 6, 2026

LIFE

TourismA returns to Florence with restored Etruscan urn

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

A Country of Dialects, Now Speaking Italian. And English

Friday, February 20, 2026

SPORTS

Ben Stiller’s Super Bowl ad features an 80s dance track born in Tuscany

Monday, February 9, 2026

A love song born in Florence becomes the soundtrack of Milano Cortina 2026

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

OPINIONS

The Festival di Sanremo crowned Sal Da Vinci in 2026 with Per sempre sì

The Strange Seriousness of Eurovision

Monday, March 2, 2026
The Nouvelle Carte d’Europe dressée pour 1870

Europe as a Nervous Organism (1870) – and America Watching

Sunday, February 15, 2026

ITALIANO

The Nouvelle Carte d’Europe dressée pour 1870

L’Europa come creatura nervosa

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Il rischio idrogeologico divide Regione Toscana e Comune a Signa

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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