This book is one of the publications of the bilateral Egyptian-Italianresearch project "Intercultural Relations between East andWest from the 11th to 21st century" funded by Academy of ScientificResearch and Technology (ASRT) and the National ResearchCouncil (CNR) (2019-2021). The book previews some ofthe research presented in the 2nd international webinar organisedby the project in May 2021 entitled "Art, Culture and Tradeas Evidence of Bonds between East and 11th to 21st century".In that webinar, researchers from Italian, Egyptian, Hungarianand Belgian Universities highlighted some topics focusing onintercultural bonds between the Western and the Islamic worlds.In the book, we have chosen to deal with multi-layer conceptssuch as "Identity", "Otherness", "Diversity" and "Minorities" declinedin the relationships between East and West.