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Fernando Pessoa's book, O Sábio Árabe

Jan, 2026

Fernando Pessoa's book, O Sábio Árabe: escritos sobre a civilização arábico-islâmica (Shantarin, 2025), edited by Fabrizio Boscaglia - a member of LusoGlobe and deputy director of the Master's in Religious Studies at ULusófona - is quoted in the text of the Constitutional Court of the Portuguese Republic, which pronounced on the unconstitutionality of aspects of the new Nationality Law. 

In the Official Gazette: https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/acordao-tribunal-constitucional/1133-2025-993782284

The book had recently been presented at ULusófona.

The aforementioned legal document also quotes the poet and essayist Adalberto Alves, who wrote the book's prologue and to whom Edições Universitárias Lusófonas has already dedicated a tribute book in 2023.