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Discover the jury of – Scopri la giuria di FLOATING VOICES 2020

EN - IT Maydan announces the composition of the Jury of the contest Floating Voices 2020. Here are its members: JURORS Fabio Geda is an esteemed…

Covid 19 Montassir Sakhi (1) EN

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…

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…

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…

FloatingVoices2020EN

MAYDAN CREATIVE ARTS CONTEST “FLOATING VOICES 2020” – SECOND EDITION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 28 DECEMBER 2020 The Oxford dictionary defines solidarity as: unity or agreement of…

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…

Honorary Members

Honorary members Maydan does not only consist of ordinary members. In 2019, the association decided to grant the title of honorary member to individuals who best…

Covid 19 Empathy and solidarity among the Dutch at the time of the pandemic IT

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…

Covid 19 Empathy and solidarity among the Dutch at the time of the pandemic EN

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…

Covid 19 Messages of Domestic Resilience

These excerpts are part of an ongoing social media chronicle of the challenges and opportunities the pandemic has created for an Italian family, Lisa Ariemma’s family,…

MESSAGES OF DOMESTIC RESILIENCE (BY LISA ARIEMMA)

These excerpts are part of an ongoing social media chronicle of the challenges and opportunities the pandemic has created for an Italian family, Lisa Ariemma’s family,…

Covid-19 EN

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…

Covid-19 fears and refugees: in Greece, we have reached our lowest point

On the 19th of April, a fire erupted at Vial refugee camp in Chios, where more than 5,000 people are currently living in a space intended for…

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…

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…

Maydan photo gallery

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…

Esraa kidnapped and tortured / Esraa sequestrata e torturata

EN / IT Esraa Abdelfattah, the iconic face of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize that same year, was…