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Maimonides, great Jewish intellectual of the Mediterranean
Moses Maimonides or Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon is one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of the Middle Ages, who sought to reconcile the thought of Aristotle and biblical revelation.
Saint Francis of Assisi meets the Sultan of Egypt
This meeting took place in Damietta in 1219 in the middle of the fifth crusade. In this plain of Egypt, two armies face each other: those of the Sultan facing the Crusader troops who are trying to take the port of Damietta.
Emir Abdelkader, precursor of dialogue between the two shores
Emir Abdelkader is a famous figure of the opposition to the French occupation in Algeria and hero of the first Algerian nation.
Charles de Foucauld
« I want to accustom all the inhabitants, Christians, Muslims, Jews and idolaters, to look at me as their brother, the universal brother » Charles de Foucauld.