It is one of the contemporary thinkers who best knows the West and the next East. In Lisbon to participate in a literary festival, Amin Maalouf considers that the election of the new Pope is a good surprise, in a time of crisis of the international order.
Amin Maalouf’s family biography reflects the complexity of the region of the world where he was born: Egyptian mother with Turkish roots, Lebanese father of the Christian Greek minority.
There is 50 years living in Franceit became a kind of Ambassador between the West and the East. Optimistic in relation to Lebanon Natal, but without any hope as Gaza.
For Amin Maalouf, the world order crisis goes through the role of the United States. The election of an American and Peruvian pope seems to be a Good news.
Amin Maalouf came to Lisbon to participate in 5L Literary Festivalin Blessed, in Lisbon.
