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,

Chen Alon, Theatre director & Founder of Combatants for Peace,

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,

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)