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…
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…
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…
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, with strong links to…
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 around 1,000 only.A 47-year-old…
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…
MAYDAN LAUNCHES AN APPEAL ON THE EVE OF THE MAY 2019 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
With this initiative, we aim to gather signatures from across Europe, the southern Mediterranean shore and beyond, in support of our “European Elections: Embracing the Mediterranean means saving Europe” Appeal.…