Aziz Nesin

Aziz Ansari’s first book Modern Love is thoughtful, deep, and outright hilarious: it’s definitely not your run-of-the-mill actor/comedian book offering, and it works. He takes a hot topic that has been a part of his recent stand-up—navigating this minefield called dating—and brings it to a whole new level. The book includes extensive research, data, and insight from leading experts in the field (he co-wrote it with a social scientist)—all sprinkled with Ansari’s signature, and spot-on, voice of a generation. Would I have read Modern Love by [insert name of expert here]? No way. If I am going to take a long hard look at this subject, I want Ansari along for the ride. Aziz lets you know the struggle is real, and we’re all going through it, so be nice.

In una città senza nome del Nord Africa, a seguito degli sciagurati eventi, un'autorità centrale nota come la Porta ha assunto il potere assoluto. I cittadini sono costretti a presentare richiesta per tutto - per mangiare e per spostarsi, e persino per essere curati - ma la Porta rimane chiusa e muta, mentre sulla sua soglia inizia a formarsi un'enorme coda di questuanti: la Fila. In questo libro Basma Abdel Aziz racconta i lunghi mesi passati nella Fila da parte di un'umanità catapultata in una realtà parallela e pericolosamente simile al mondo in cui viviamo. La Fila è un ritratto di quanto sta accadendo appena al di là del Mediterraneo. Descrivendo la natura profonda degli autoritarismi, ci racconta la realtà allucinata di un mondo dilaniato tra la delusione post-Primavere Arabe e il sogno disperato di fuggire da un sistema in cui vivere è diventato impossibile.

Aziz Sahmaoui sets out once more with his magical group, conjuring up sonorous dreams and intoxicating trance states. On this new journey, in which heady refrains are coupled with a divinely undulating groove, the Moroccan poet-singer has achieved a glorious harmony between Maghreb rock, jazz and gnawa music. With the full fire of his spellbinding voice, the cofounder of the Orchestre National de Barbès and former associate of Joe Zawinul confirms his reputation as one of the foremost singer-songwriters of contemporary world fusion music, a reputation that reaches across Europe and beyond to the Middle East and the United States.