Covid 19 Montassir Sakhi
This is the first contribution of a series that anthropologist Montassir Sakhi will write on the Covid-19 impact on societies. Montassir – who is Moroccan and lives in France –…
Covid 19 Empathy and solidarity among the Dutch at the time of the pandemic
The past couple of months have taught us a lot: about viruses and the vulnerability of our self-created ecosystems, about the illusion of human control over nature, about the pitfalls…
Marseille 18/03/20 -11/05/20
In this beautiful story, French documentary filmmaker Charlotte Ricco, Maydan's associate, recounts her Marseille "quarantine" with poetry and wealth of detail. She tells us how to survive isolation by rediscovering…
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…
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…
Migration: Time for a Pause for Thought
From 1999 to 2001, I spent almost six months in Honduras: the country where most of the thousands of people forming the so-called human caravan making its way north through…
Our Mediterranean Campaign: Review and ‘Roadmap’
On 9 August 2021, four civil society organisations from the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean launched 'Our Mediterranean', a cross-border advocacy campaign calling for the construction of a…
“Our Mediterranean” campaign launch
Cross-border Advocacy Campaign for a Common Mediterranean DestinyAugust 9, 2021Four civil society organisations from the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean are launching today the “Our Mediterranean” advocacy campaign. Civitas…
The Winners of Floating Voices 2020 are…
The jury of the Floating Voices Contest has reached its verdict. Here are the winners of the 2nd edition of the Floating Voices 2020 edition launched by Maydan!This edition’s theme was…
HERE ARE THE 2020 FLOATING VOICES WINNERS
The second edition of the Floating Voices creative arts contest ends with the awarding of the winners in Reggio Calabria (expected not earlier than Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19…