EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: EMBRACING THE MEDITERRANEAN MEANS SAVING EUROPE
Appeal First Signatories
Esraa Abdel Fattah, 2011 revolution leader & Nobel Peace prize nominee, Egypt
Alaa Al-Aswany, Author, Egypt
Suad Amiry, Author & architect, Palestine
Massimo Cacciari, Philosopher, Italy
Chen Alon, Theatre director & Founder of Combatants for Peace, Israel
Koert Debeuf, Director, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy in Europe, Belgium
Erri De Luca, Author & poet, Italy
Costas Douzinas, Professor, London University & Greek politician, Greece/UK
Mehrez Drissi, Counselor to the Minister of Education, Tunisia
Idris El Gady, Coordinator, Libyan Union of Civil Society, Libya
Thierry Fabre, Essayist & Founder of Rencontres d'Averroès, France
Neus Fábregas, Deputy Mayor, City of Valencia, Spain
Peter Frankopan, Professor, Oxford University, historian & author, UK
Luca Jahier, President, European Economic & Social Committee, Brussels
Dima Al-Joundi, Filmmaker, Lebanon
Entela Kasi, Poet & President of PEN Club, Albania
Salam Kawakibi, Director, Centre Arabe de Recherches et d'Etudes Politiques, Syria/France
Emel Kurma, Director, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Turkey
Abdellatif Laâbi, Author, Morocco/France
Montserrat Minobis, Founder, Association of Women Journalists of Catalonia, Spain
Luisa Morgantini, Founder AssopacePalestina & former MEP, Italy
Besnik Mustafaj, Author & former Foreign Minister, Albania
Leoluca Orlando, Mayor, City of Palermo & anti-Mafia leader, Italy
Moni Ovadia, Actor, musician & author, Italy
Saïd Salhi, Vice President, Ligue Algérienne pour la défense des droits de l’Homme, Algeria Burhan Sönmez, Author, Turkey
Ersi Sotiropoulos, Author, Greece
Igor Štiks, Author & scholar, Sarajevo-Zagreb-Belgrade
Nadia Urbinati, Professor of Political Theory, Columbia University, USA
Lesley Wood, Chair of Sociology, York University, Canada
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Mohammed Achaari, Author & politician, Morocco
Malek Adly, Human rights lawyer & Director of Centre for Economic and Social Rights, Egypt
Mariah al-Abdeh, activist, Director of Women Now for Development, Syria/Germany
Ismaïl Alaoui, Former Minister of Education & of Agriculture, Morocco
Juan-Luis Alegret Tejero, Professor Emeritus, University of Girona, Spain
Anastas Angjeli, Member of Albanian Academy & founder of Mediterranean University, Albania
Siscu Baiges, Journalist, Spain
Frank Barat, Journalist, author, activist & former coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, France
Tiziana Barillà, Journalist & author focusing on the Mediterranean, Italy
Pietro Bartolo, Physician, Lampedusa, Italy
Lina Ben Mhenni, Blogger & Nobel Peace prize nominee, Tunisia
Donatella Bianchi, Journalist & President of WWF Italy, Italy
Marta Bonafoni, Councillor, Lazio Regional Government & Legislative Assembly, Italy
Judy Burnside-Lawry, Professor, School of Media & Communication, RMIT University, Australia
Martina Castigliani, Journalist, Italy
Raffaella Cosentino, Journalist & documentary film maker, Italy
Giovanni Caudo, Architect & President of the III Municipal Council of the Municipality of Rome, Italy
Benedetta Collini, Member, SOS Méditerranée Search And Rescue Team, Italy
Fadi Daou, Chairperson, Adyan Foundation for Diversity, Solidarity and Human Dignity, Lebanon
Maria Teresa D’Agostino, Journalist, Italy
Xavier Díez, Historian & author, Spain
Alessandra Di Maio, Professor of Postcolonial Studies, University of Palermo, Italy
Manuela Dviri, Author & blogger, Italy/Israel
Sandra Federici, Director, Africa e Mediterraneo, Italy Tiziana Ferrario, Journalist, Italy
Daniele Gaglianone, Documentary film maker & director of “Dove bisogna stare”, Italy
Sandra Giuliani, Author & publisher, Italy
Nabila Hamza, Deputy Mayor, City of La Marsa, Tunisia
Peter Harling, Founder & Director of Synaps, former International Crisis Group adviser, France/UK
Hozan Ibrahim, Founder of Citizens for Syria and Impact Civil Society Research and Development, Syria/Germany
Fatos Kongoli, Author & winner of Balcanica literary prize, Albania
Domenico Lucano, Mayor, Riace, Italy
Marco Lombardo, Councillor for European and international relations, City of Bologna, Italy
Claudio Marra, Professor, University of Salerno, scientific advisor for adolescence & immigration, Italy
Martina Melilli, Visual artist & director of “My Home, in Libya”, Italy
Luisa Mondo, Physician & member of the Società di medicina delle migrazioni, Italy
Mohammed Nabil Benabdallah, Secretary general, Parti du progrès et du socialisme, Morocco
Ahmed Naji, Author, Journalist & blogger, Egypt
Giusi Nicolini, Former Mayor, Lampedusa, Italy
Marco Omizzolo, Knight, Ordine del Merito, & scientific advisor of “InMigrazione”, Italy
Philip Oxhorn, Dean, Faculty of International Education, Vancouver Island University, Canada
Livio Pepino, Magistrate, author & director of Edizioni Gruppo Abele publishing house, Italy
Simone Perotti, Author & Founder, Progetto Mediterranea, Italy
Enrico Pulieri, President, YouthMED, Italy
Viola Raheb, Theologian, University of Vienna, Palestine/Austria
Caterina Resta, Philosopher, Italy
Paola Rivetti, Professor of Politics of the Middle East & North Africa, Dublin City University, Ireland/Italy
Abdul Rahman Yousuf, Poet, Egypt
Montassir Sakhi, Activist & researcher, Reims University, Morocco/France
Nando Sigona, Professor, University of Birmingham, author & Oxford research associate, UK
Dionysis Tsaknis, Singer, songwriter & former general manager of Greek National Television, Greece
Abdullah Zeneli, Founding President, Buzuku Publishing, Kosovo
(Update: May 21, 2019)