In conversations with friends, the author faithfully recounts content about religious, cultural, and societal phenomena. Central to the narrative are the author's encounters with the clergyman from Rome, Giorgio, the Kurd Nîzamî, the Egyptian doctor Achmed, the Jordanian Abdul Baari, and the Chinese merchant Li Ning. A secondary aspect: parts of the American population yearn for a leader, a president ordained by God, who will eliminate everything non-American, uniting state power with Christian fundamentalism to free the American people from foreign influences and the hospitality of cultures. Prof. Mila Calabrese, Santo Stefano.