Discover the jury of FLOATING VOICES 2020
JURORS Fabio Geda is an esteemed writer. He has worked for many years as an educator. He made his debut in 2007 with Per il resto del viaggio ho fotografato gli indiani about…
International Day of the Mediterranean: Maydan election results announced
As ministers and policy makers of the Union for the Mediterranean have just concluded their meeting, held “virtually” yesterday in Barcelona to commemorate the 25 years of the Barcelona Declaration,…
Fundraising Appeal for Moria Camp Fire
Following a devastating fire on the 9th of September 2020, Moria Camp (Lesvos island, Greece), the largest refugee camp in Europe, was levelled to the ground, leaving thirteen thousand people homeless…
Exiled after detention and torture, I am now waiting for Patrick
An interview to Maydan member Ibrahim Heggy, originally published in Italian on Redattore Sociale by Alice Facchini. Ibrahim Heggi is the European spokesman of the 6th of April Movement: after 21 days of detention, in…
Covid-19 and its Pedagogy of Democracy
In light of the global challenges we are facing with the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect it is having on democracy, freedom of movement, borders, solidarity and citizenship, as well…
Soleimani and us: Instructions for a new year’s begin
In this contribution, Gianluca Solera explores the consequences of Soleimani’s killing on our lives and on the representation of facts around us, and warns about the real struggle for the…
Syria, then Europe: worst is yet to come, but…
In this contribution, Gianluca Solera explores the consequences of the Syrian civil war for democracy and freedom, and the lack of empathy and understanding of European nations for the peoples…
Esraa kidnapped and tortured
Esraa Abdelfattah, the iconic face of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize that same year, was kidnapped and tortured by the Egyptian regime…
Changing the narrative is our challenge
Maydan’s Co-president Lisa Ariemma joined the second edition of the Festival delle Migrazioni, which took place in Turin (Italy), September 25 – 29, 2019. Below her review of the public debate…
The winners of Floating Voices are…
The jury of the Floating Voices Contest has reached its verdict. The winners of the creative arts contest launched by Maydan during the “Embracing the Mediterranean means saving Europe” campaign have been…