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Construction and Hunting: Malta, between ‘Progress’ and ‘Tradition’

May 14, 2020 · Raisa Galea & Francois Zammit ·

The dusk of ‘traditional’ hunting in MaIta is near, but the coalition of NGOs is not the one that will put an end to it.

Tagged With: national identity, over-development, progress, spring hunting, tradition

Abortion Debate in Malta: between Progress, Catholic Morality and Patriarchy

February 19, 2020 · Raisa Galea ·

Upholding Malta’s abortion ban is a way of asserting national moral righteousness. But what kind of morality does this entail and what does it mean for women?

Tagged With: abortion, feminism, national identity, reproductive rights

‘Invictus’: Joseph Muscat’s ‘Glorious’ Exit and Maltese National Pride

January 14, 2020 · Raisa Galea ·

In spite of the unprecedented political crisis, Joseph Muscat remained what a tattoo on his right bicep purportedly states: Invictus. He resigned on his own terms—bizarre outcome, considering the severity of the allegations implicating him in the Caruana Galizia murder cover up. We cannot fully comprehend it without finding out what sustained his baffling popularity.

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, Joseph Muscat, national identity, nationalism

Maltese Identity? It Is Complicated!

May 20, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

We have collected a few stories and perspectives which contemplate on how national identity is constructed and what effect it has on our lives.

Tagged With: discrimination, foreigners, integration, national identity

Repubblika Immakulata: a Blunt Portrayal of Malta’s Sorry State

April 17, 2019 · Kurt Borg ·

Contrary to what many want to make us believe, this republic is far from immaculate. Acknowledging this might help us resist the dirtier among us.

Tagged With: Malta, national identity, theatre

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Contested Memorial: the Battle of Two Nationalisms

April 16, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

 The core issue that underpins the conflict in Great Siege Square is whether the memory of the slain journalist can claim a place on the emblem of nationhood and whether she can be considered as part of the Maltese nation at all. It is the meaning of ‘the nation’ and who deserves to define it […]

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, national identity, nationalism

How Growing Up in Malta and England Changed My Understanding of Identity

March 30, 2019 · David Edward Zammit ·

Upon returning to Malta after a year in Oxford as a five-year-old, I had to face the challenges of integration all over again; made worse by the fact that I had completely forgotten Maltese and my parents were living in Sliema.

Tagged With: integration, national identity

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