The Arabic strips of the comic strip Pimpa, the famous white dog with red spots resulting from the imagination of the cartoonist Altan, are now available to young readers of Iraqi Kurdistan, together with the volumes of Geronimo Stilton, another character produced by the Italian school of comics and known all over the world.
This was announced by the Consul of Italy in Iraqi Kurdistan, Michele Camerota, who on December 20 went in person to the Mar Qardakh school in Ainkawa, in the capital Erbil, to deliver 150 copies of “Pimpa travels to Italy” and “A Thousand Wonders in Blue”.
As we learn from the press release of the Italian consulate, “these are two unpublished special editions, specially produced for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, also in Arabic, by Franco Cosimo Panini and Edizioni Piemme-Mondadori Libri, with the aim of promoting knowledge of Italy and its territories”.
“Pimpa viaggi in Italia” (90 copies), designed for a pre-school audience, tells the story of Pimpa’s journey along our peninsula, to discover the historical, gastronomic and landscape beauties of Italy”.
“A thousand wonders in blue.
Discovering Italy as seen from the sea” (60 copies), stars Geronimo Stilton.
“After the success of the first volume, ‘A Thousand Wonders'”, this new series “tells the story of the Stilton family’s journey along the Italian coasts to discover places, traditions and knowledge related to the culture of the sea”.
“Already on December 3rd,” reads the statement, “Consul Camerota had been welcomed by the school (Mar Qardakh in Erbil) for a meeting with the young students, who had wanted on that occasion to present their research and group work on Italy’s cultural heritage.”
“We enthusiastically joined this new initiative proposed to the Italian diplomatic-consular network in the world by colleagues from the Directorate General for the Promotion of the Country System,” says Camerota. “The idea of addressing a young audience to grasp what for us represents ‘beauty’, that is, the landscapes, traditions, gastronomy, artistic and cultural heritage of Italy, has received a lot of appreciation.”
“The choice of the Mar Qardakh school, which stands out for the inclusiveness, dedication and professionalism with which it is managed, was spontaneous following the welcome I received on my previous visit and the keen interest I found in discovering more of our wonderful country,” concluded the Italian consul.
