Gulf News: French Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf elected Permanent Secretary of French Academy
Maalouf clinched position with 24 votes, outpacing fellow writer Jean-Christophe Rufin French Lebanese writer and member of the French Academy Amin Maalouf poses in his home in Port-Joinville, western ...
The Académie Française, France’s prestigious custodian and promoter of the French language, has a new leader in the form of French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. The writer, 74, becomes only the 33rd ...
France 24: French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf to head Académie Française language watchdog
"The Immortals" have spoken: the 388-year-old Academie Francaise, custodian and promoter of the French language, has a new leader in the form of author Amin Maalouf. The French-Lebanese writer, 74, ...
Samarkand[a] is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Samarkand is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlements Kimyogarlar, Farhod and Khishrav. [2] With 551,700 inhabitants (2021), [3] it is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan. Historically, Samarkand has long been one ...
Samarkand, city in east-central Uzbekistan that is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia. It was briefly (1924–36) the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Samarkand today consists of an old city dating from medieval times and a new section built after the Russian conquest of the area in the 19th century.
Plan your visit with this Samarkand travel guide. Discover top sights, Silk Road history, tips, and what to see in Uzbekistan’s ancient city.