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Love & Food Malta's Documented History in Danger AA NEWSPAPERNEWSPAPER PROMOTING PROMOTING INTEGRATION INTEGRATION AND AND DIVERSITY DIVERSITY IN MALTA IN MALTA NJanuaryovember 2014 2013 Malta’sKif naraw Documented lill-barrani TheLiving Maltese in Malta... Tenor History In DangerMaltin jitħalltu bis-safar, studju u komunika- OnMaking Multiculturalism a difference zzjoni bl-internet, żwiġijiet mal-barranin qed joktru b’rata mgħaġġla. JASEN OGLE It-tfal barranin f’pajjiżna ma jiġux biss SIDE BY SIDE DAMIAN OZOEMENA IRIELE bl-adozzjonijiet. Hawn mijiet ta’ tfal ċkejkin ta’ fattizzi, karnaġġjon u dehra ‘differenti’ Th e world-renowned Maltese tenor, They say that sometimes you meet your des- li naħseb iħobbu jinku daqs in-neputi żgħir Joseph Calleja, appointed as Maltese tiny on the road you take to avoid it. But whether tiegħi. Meta lanqas għad għalaq seba’ snin diġa’ Cultural Ambassador almost two years coming to Malta was my destiny or not, I intend ntebaħ li meta jaqbillu jista’ jgħid li hu Malti, ago, spreads the word about the Maltese to pursue with vigor whatever dreams I had as a meta jaqbillu jgħid li hu Ingliż. Naf fiċ-ċert li Islands wherever he goes. Side by Side child, regardless of the obstacles that lie ahead. I la qatt se jkun tifel tipiku tar-raħal Malti imma asked him a few questions in a short in- have survived, I intend to succeed....by divine in- lanqas qatt m’hu se jħossu purament Ingliż. L- terview and here’s what he told us: tervention or sheer willpower. identità tiegħu se tibqa’ mfassla x’imkien bejn Side by Side (SBS): Is multiculturalism/ Armed with lots of ambition and dreams hemm u hawn. Bħalu fl-iskola ta’ San Pawl il- integration important to you? Why? of making it abroad, I left my country, Nige- Baħar issib tużżani ta’ tfal oħra: Missier Malti u Joseph Calleja (JC): Multiculturalism ria, prepared to take whatever the world omm Russa; missier Ġermaniż u omm Maltija; is important to everyone as it is happening threw at me. Yes, I have taken some beat- omm Niġerjana u missier Malti eċċ eċċ. Ta’ whether a society wants it or not. ing…. more psychological than physical. But min jgħid li din l-iskola hija post fejn jiltaqgħu Continued on Page 3 I haven’t been deterred by the© josephcallejadiscrimina- tfal ta’ aktar minn tletin nazzjonalità. Daqs tion, stereotype perceptions, sometimes hos- DR CARMEN SAMMUT, sebgħin tifel u tifla minnhom waslu l-ewwel tile and negative attitudes of some local per- SENIOR LECTURER FIL-MIDJA darba fuq l-għatba tal-iskola la jafu jitkellmu sons and even foreigners, in the host country, Dakinhar li rċivejt ‘email’ biex niltaqgħu, Malti u lanqas Ingliż. Imma t-tfal jaqbdu tarf which, instead of rejecting, I have used posi- għedt bejni u bejn ruħi “dan barrani”. Ismu u malajr; fost iċ-ċkejknin din id-diversità tista’ Love & Foodtively so far in order to pursue my dreams. kunjomu jinstemgħu mill-Ewropa tal-Lvant. żżid is-seħer tat-tfulija u tintuża’ bħala riżors Page 4 X’ħin daħal l-uffiċċju deher li ma kellux xeħta edukattiv li jiswa’ mitqlu deheb. invited me for a ‘beach holiday’ in Gozo to tipika Maltija: bjond, għajnejh żoroq u twil. Iżda x’jiġri meta t-tfal joħorġu mill-iskola? SACHA STAPLES Kellimtu bl-Ingliż. Weġibni bil-Malti. Kellimni Is-soċjetà tagħna kif tgħin lil min jasal fostna visit her retired parents. I had just fi nished my b’Malti perfett mingħajr ħjiel wieħed ta’ aċċent ħalli jintegra biex jasal ikun komdu jgħix incredibly demanding and challenging under- stanġier. Naħeb li kien iltaqa’ mar-reazzjoni hawn? Ironikamenet minkejja li llum huwa graduate degree, I quit my handful of part-time The Side by Sidejobs, and I had Survey left a long term relationship a tiegħi kemm-il darba. “Jien iben ġenituri Poll- tant faċli biex popli diversi jikkomunikaw u few months prior. I was young and free and akki© Jasen imma Ogle għext2014 hawn ħajti kollha u għalhekk jivvjaġġaw, hawn reżistenza għall-‘oħrajn’. ready to shed who I was and have an adventure. inħossni wieħed minnkom”. Waqt li aħna l-Maltin dejjem kellna l-fama li ta through legal channels from outside the FOTINI MATSKANI I spent three weeks under the hot July sun F’dinja li qegħda tiċkien, it-taħlit bejn in- aħna ospitabbli mal-barrani, fl-aħħar snin raj- Europeanin Gozo (the Union temperatures and is not that a refugeesummer or were an nazzjonalitajietGeorge Orwell m’għadux once said, ħaġa“Th erari. most Maltin eff ect- naTh tiżdied ere arefostna about biża’ 750,000 ta’ kulturi books oħra. in Hemmthe Na- Prior to commencing our project, SOS asylumon record). seeker. I was enchanted by the dusty island iveisiefru way uto barranin destroy people jiġu…uħud is to deny jibqgħu. and oblit-Falza tionalċerta reżistenza Library. Th għal ere wasla are bookstal-barranin in the fostnalibrary Malta conducted a survey to evaluate the and Theits quiet questionnaire solitude. I took was longdivided dips into in the three sea erate their own understanding of their history.” which have not been moved in over 200 years. hi l-impressjoni li ħafna barranin jiġu hawn forsi għaliex għad ma drajniex inkampaw current situation in Malta vis-à-vis integra- sections,at Xlendi one and general Hondoq section ir-Rummien; for all respond I drank- If he is correct, then prepare to be destroyed, as A complete catalogue of the library’s archives bottles of Cisk for pocket change; I ate too Malta’sjisirqulna written xogħlna, history jew is in li dangerjfittxu of ażil,being inkella lost. doesf’soċjetà not existli kull yet. ma jmur qegħda ssir aktar tion and cultural diversity. The survey was ents followed by a section for Maltese nation- għax pensjonanti. Il-verità hija li bosta jiġu kumplessa. Hemm min idarrsu l-aktar il-kulur conductedCourtesy of Sashathrough Staples an electronic survey in- alsmany and pastizzi another and for Thirdgorged Countrymyself onNationals. the de- Perched upon the towering shelves of Malta’s However, through the eff orts of the National licious food on off er. I learned how to make għall-imħabba. Għosfor iż-żmien ta’ meta kien Librarytal-ġilda and skura. New Biżżejjed Leaf - awieħed non-governmental jara l-kum- terface over the internet where respondents The survey was based on a blend of yes/ National Library, one can fi nd books covered I had never even heard of Malta and yet I Ħobż biż-Żejt and acquired a taste for the jingħad li “baqra tajba tinbiegħ pajjiżha”. Illum voluntarymenti fuq organisation‘Facebook’ jew- the fuq archives l-internet left biex be- were asked thirty-two (32) questions related no, open choice (OC) and multiple choice in holes which insects have tunnelled their way found myself on the island in the summer of my local tomato. I took many photographs, each hind by the Order of Saint John are being pre- through.wieħed minn Others kull are tliet stained żwiġijiet with f’Malta the sweat huwa of wieħed jintebah li hawn ansjetà liema bħalha. totwenty-fi their feelings ft h year. about I arrived interculturalism almost by accident and (MC)one reminding questions, me regardinghow far away the from personal home served, electronically catalogued, digitised and Malta’sma’ persuni humid barranin. climate Ħarsa and some lejn il-kunjomijiet would even Iżda ironikament huwa l-internet u l-midja the-- I wasintegration living in ofmy Third native countryCountry of Nationals Canada viewsI was; on how cultural diff erent diversity this andculture integration is from ofmy appear to crumble to dust if disturbed. fid-Direttorju malajr turik kemm it-taħlit biż- archived.soċjali li huma Continued l-akbar onmezz Page komunikattiv 6 in- (TCNs)and my inneighbour Malta. Forrelocated the purposes to London. of thisShe peopleown. Continued legally residing on Pagein Malta 9 who are non- żwieġ minn dejjem kien komuni; aktar mal- terpersonali bejn il-ġnus. Paġna 13 project, a TCN is a person who came to Mal- European citizens. 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Today, with just underand 5% adapting of the popula to them.- Country You can Nationals read about (TCNs), is Ian hope example you enjoyof how reading the me- the second is- Through tionthis beingnewspaper, non-Maltese, SOS different Malta traditions,Malta’s lifestyleswritten heritageand dia oncan pages actively 6 promoteand 7, integrationsue of Side – by by celebrating Side and I cul urge- you to read WelcomeWelcome to to the the second first edition edition of of Side Side by Side,wants Malta’s to raise cultures awareness are fusingabout thewith different the Maltese andway theof life. island’s We can natural tural habitat diversity and for how a healthier it our society. last issue which will be published late SIDE BY SIDE Continued from Page 1. Malta is a PROF. 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