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Muslim Students in Maltese Schools: Outsiders Looking in

April 6, 2019 · Louise Chircop ·

Presently, Muslims in our schools can be compared to students who require a wheelchair but no ramps and easy access doors are built for them. Schools are not free of prejudice and do not make the necessary arrangements to provide these pupils favourable conditions for learning.

Tagged With: discrimination, education, equality, Muslims, racism

Provocative Reflections on Malta’s Social Anxieties

November 6, 2018 · Sammy Meilaq ·

A review of a thought-provoking book which engages with Malta’s social anxieties such as its ambiguous contemporary history, and racial and class discrimination.

Tagged With: democracy, history, Malta, racism

The Tragedy of Drowned Baby Dolls

July 5, 2018 · Anna Azzopardi ·

The reality of dead babies might be too much to swallow, and indifference to dead babies might strike a guilty chord or two. Thus, to free public conscience from sorrow and compassion for the dead children, a new story was injected in the media: The picture of the dead babies was staged.

Tagged With: migration, propaganda, racism

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