Mediterraneo, Società Civile, Politica e Interculturalità
Anni fa, una scrittrice palestinese, eravamo a Ramallah, mi disse che ogni volta che Israele arriva con una buona notizia, devi preoccuparti della cattiva che vi sta nascosta dietro. Mi aveva dato le chiavi per capire come vanno le cose, e non me ne rendevo conto. Era il 2005, Arafat era scomparso, e la seconda…
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قد ينتهي الزمن الجامح إلى محو ذكرى البابا فرنسيس أسرع مما نتوقع، أو قد تكون هي الخطى الحثيثة للأمم الغارقة في الحروب والأكاذيب التي يروجها أصحاب السلطة الجدد، هي ما سيفعل ذلك. وربما، في الواقع، يكون الأثر التراكمي لكل هذا هو ما سيعيد دفن ذلك الإرث من الآمال الذي استطاع الأرجنتيني أن ينتشله من القاع.…
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Forse sarà la velocità del tempo a portare via il ricordo di questo papa prima del previsto, o forse le azioni incalzanti di nazioni bellicose o le fandonie di nuovi edonisti di governo. Forse, in verità, sarà l’effetto cumulativo di tutto questo a seppellire di nuovo quel patrimonio di speranze che l’argentino aveva saputo rimuovere…
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خمسة وأربعون عامًا ليست مجرد رقم، بل عمرٌ كامل اختُصر في جدران زنزانة باردة، تحت قبضة نظام اعتاد أن يجعل الزمن سلاحه الأشد فتكًا. هناك، في معتقل السويداء، حيث تتلاشى الأسماء وتُمحى الملامح، خرج رجل من ظلامٍ صنعه الطغيان، كما يخرج الأرنب من قبعة الساحر، لا بمعجزة، بل بإفلات اللحظة من قبضة المستحيل لم تكن…
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Forty-five years. Forty-five years had to wait for a prisoner of the tyrant of Damascus to taste freedom, coming out of the prison of as-Suwayda, just as a rabbit can come out of a magician’s hat. His family did not even know where he was, he had been forgotten by almost everyone, because that is…
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Ospitiamo volentieri questo contributo dell’amico Istico Battistoni, attualmente in Germania, che riflette sulle contraddizioni della politica tedesca, e quindi europea, nei confronti di Israele. Riproduzione su gentile concessione della rivista Transform!Italia. Davanti al Municipio di Berlino, quell’imponente Rathaus di mattoni rossi nel cuore della capitale tedesca, sono state issate otto bandiere: quattro bandiere ucraine una a fianco…
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Nous recevons et publions volontiers cet article d’opinion de l’ami Istico Battistoni portant sur le lien entre le sport et le droit de s’exprimer en tant que citoyens responsables. Bruxelles, 21 juillet 2024 Lorsque le capitaine de l’équipe de France Kylian Mbappé dit qu’il fallait « faire le bon choix » face aux « idées qui divisent », à…
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It was a quite evening, and as usual, once he had finished eating dinner, without abandoning his sitting position, he stretched his legs over a chair to his side. Trade had again been generous to him that night, no doubt Brussels was well served in fact, as plenty of fine delicacies had arrived at his…
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It is so hard to switch the radio off and forget about the developments on the ground, especially since I was there years ago, and am now struggling to imagine the level of destruction. Each hour, each event counts in the tragedy of Gaza. Each piece of writing in Western and Arab magazines deserves a look…
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Israel’s biggest challenge is how to cope with ghost people. The Palestinians, the Palestinian question have been removed since several years from Israel’s political agenda and from the majority of its citizens’ collective soul. Palestinians are simply ghost people. I saw it with my eyes. There are highways connecting Israeli cities with Israeli settlements located…
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L’abaya (en arabe ʿabāyah) est un vêtement traditionnel féminin, qui consiste en une longue robe, ample et couvrante. Il est couramment porté dans les pays arabes, au Maghreb comme au Golfe. Récemment, il a reçu une grande visibilité médiatique suite à l’instruction par le nouveau ministre de l’Éducation nationale français, Mr Gabriel Attal, interdisant le…
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Last week, the European parliament approved an historic bill, the Nature Restoration Law. Through a series of extremely unpredictable voting rounds, the bill was first of all kept alive by a majority of 12 voters only : 324 MEPs voted against the motion to reject the bill en bloc submitted by the conservative forces of the…
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Statement of the Maydan Association following the wreck of a migrants’ ship occurred off the Greek coast last June 14, 2023. The statement below is in EN and FR. More than 80 migrants were reported dead on Wednesday the 14th of June on the coast of Greece, and more than 600 remain missing and are…
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Comune di Cutro, giovedì scorso. Hanno tenuto il Consiglio dei Ministri nella località del naufragio ed hanno inaugurato una targa, su cui sta scritto : « L’Italia onora la memoria delle vittime del naufragio del 26 febbraio 2023, si unisce al dolore delle loro famiglie e dei loro cari. Il governo rinnova il suo massimo impegno per…
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E mentre il Senato si occupava dei balneari, ovvero delle concessioni demaniali marittime ai privati, prorogandole senza applicare il principio comunitario della concorrenza, io attraversavo la pianura Padana da sud a nord, sulla A22. Siamo a metà febbraio. A parte il fatto che i lidi in Italia godono di privilegi, e la concorrenza quando si…
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Gianluca Solera 