Who has never heard of the Queen of Sheba?
Here is a figure that has inspired generations of painters, poets, and writers. In December 1933, André Malraux set out to find her. Today, seventy-five years later, Marek Halter gives her a face.
Based on the latest archaeological research, he outlines the borders of the kingdom of Sheba, tells the turbulent life of this young queen, sheds light on the wars she waged in Yemen across the Red Sea, and her alliance with the kingdom of Israel under the wise Solomon.
She was black. She was beautiful. The Old and New Testaments, as well as the Quran, attest to this. Thanks to her, African man merges with the mythology of the white man. Unlike the Greek queens who challenged their suitors on the battlefields, the Queen of Sheba challenged King Solomon in the field of intelligence.
The Queen of Sheba, to whom Marek Halter restores all her brilliance and historical interest, is increasingly present in our current affairs. On the ground, thanks to recent archaeological digs in Axum in Ethiopia, and politically in most African countries, where groups claiming lineage from the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon are beginning to organize into associations and synagogues.
Marek HALTER
Born on January 27, 1936, in Warsaw (Poland), Marek Halter is a French Jewish writer. Starting in 1957, he began publishing articles in France and advocated for human rights and peace in the Middle East. In 1968 he founded the magazine Elements. It’s the first publication to which Israelis, Palestinians, and Arabs all contributed. In 1976, he published his first book, Le fou et les rois, recounting his experiences in the Middle East. In 1983, he published La Mémoire d’Abraham, which sold over five million copies worldwide. Marek Halter has published around twenty novels and essays.
The conference will be followed by a book signing session.
