EYID Book
EYID Book
EYID Book
Challenges
through Intercultural
Dialogue MALTA 2008
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W
e have recently celebrated the 9th of May, Europe Day. It is a food, music, debates, languages loomed large and provided a wise basis for
day when we commemorate the Schuman Declaration which the enhancement of mutual understanding in our ever-increasing multicultural
encapsulated the very foundations and the vision of what we know society. Our work took us mostly to schools, maybe not so much as to teach
today as the European Union. It was the first step towards years of European our future generation on how we should be tolerant, and how we should respect
cooperation. This year we have accomplished 51 years of working together, those of a different culture but rather to learn from them. We live in a society
which in turn have produced concrete action and practical results for our citizens. where our children know more about tolerance than us. We live in a society
Europe was hardly ever based on cooperation. Cataclysms in various where we teach children our prejudices, our misplaced fears, our intolerances
shapes and forms engulfed Europe throughout the ages. Intolerance when we could see that in the minds of our children these do not exist.
was Europe’s cataclysmic hallmark of the twentieth century. We had over 30 different events mainly targeting school children. We could
Abraham J. Heschel1 once said that , “Racism is man’s gravest threat to see that intercultural dialogue at that level was seamless, a fact of life. Respect
man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason” and as Europeans we towards other cultures was a given. It is not the same when we grow older.
know that this is the bitter truth. Europe’s task has been to invert Heschel’s As Europeans we must recognise that the main challenge facing us is the
equation, minimising hatred and maximising reason. And today the European reconciliation of different cultures and different faiths. We should be committed
Union stands as a testimony to Europe’s religious, linguistic and cultural to embrace this diversity and celebrate it as it makes us what we are.
diversity. We are today a community of values, united by our diversity and We wanted to make a further contribution this year under the label of
our determination to prevent such a threat from overwhelming us again. promoting “intercultural dialogue”. This is why, in collaboration with the
That is not to deny there are problems in Europe. Racism and xenophobia Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority we
stem from fear of the unknown, of the different, and in uncertain times they have also put together an exhibition of photographic works to celebrate this
are never far from the surface. At a time when public concern about migration theme, together with other global challenges like climate change and the
keeps rising, the EU is intensifying its efforts to promote intercultural dialogue preservation of natural habitats and national and world heritage. Here too our
fo rew o rd and to integrate minorities into Europe’s mainstream. It is today more and more responsibility as Europeans screams out loud. Our hope is that through these
concerned about preserving essential European values like tolerance, diversity artistic works we can spur on more meaningful action and effective results.
and peaceful dialogue. That is reflected in our adoption of EU rules on equality, We hope you will enjoy the works exhibited and the catalogue we have
action plans, EU programmes, and intercultural and interfaith dialogue. produced as a keepsake of this celebration. We encourage you to keep it
2008 is the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue and it is by respecting each as a reminder that you too can do your bit towards these objectives.
others culture that we can start to truly respect one another. Over the past weeks
the European Commission’s Representation Office in Malta together with the Joanna Drake
European Parliament’s Office in Valletta, the Forum Malta Fl-Ewropa, the Ministry Head of the European Commission Representation in Malta
of Education and Europe Direct Malta, in collaboration with the French Embassy,
organised a number of activities celebrating our cultural diversity. Football, 1 Jewish theologian and philosopher, 1907-1972
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Dialogue MALTA 2008
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popular in Rome, and until the Baroque period formed an integral feature of the
De Lucca, Denis, Romano Carapecchia Master of Baroque Architecture in Early
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Case, insisting among others that corners should be decorated with shrines.
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Rusticated corners and variations on the theme, such as panelled corners, Jerusalem 1530-1795, New revised edition; Progress Press, Malta, 1967.
express strength, frame the corners of the building, and provide relief in
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an otherwise bland elevation. Together with massive, strongly horizontal
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facades with large, unarticulated surfaces and heavy, elongated windows,
facing future
Challenges
through Intercultural
Dialogue MALTA 2008
cultural landscape
PLACE OF WORSHIP
Robert Cordina
MOORING POST
Reuben Demanuele
Reuben Demanuele
A r o n Ta n t i
A r o n Ta n t i Wolfgana Brinkoetter
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V A L L E T TA
W AT E R F R O N T
Wolfgana
Brinkoetter
SIEGE BELL
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
M O S TA D O M E
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
CHURCH
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
MDINA
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
MGARR gozo
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
C I T TA D E L L A
Wolfgana Brinkoetter
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F E S TA
Janusz Wozniak
URBAN LANDSCAPE
Janusz Wozniak
Janusz Wozniak
Lisa Camilleri
Lisa Camilleri
S A N D Y B AY
Lisa Camilleri
V A L L E T TA U N D E R
THE CLOUDS
Valentina Lupo
TRADITIONAL COSTUME
Valentina Lupo
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ANT MDINA STREET
Farrugia Farrugia
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“The environment is not only natural but
also a sacred place. Community and
loyalty between man, nature and the
Creator is a basic principle of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam alike. Climate change
requires us to rethink how we channel
imagination, ingenuity and entrepreneurship
into creating a world, free of dependence
on fossil fuels, and yet prosperous and
connected as never before. This would
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Mario Abdilla
HAL-MILLIERI CHAPEL
Mario Abdilla
Mario Abdilla
Kenneth Borg
Kenneth Borg
Kenneth Borg
CHAPEL
Kenneth Borg
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BLUE GROTTO
Michael Bellizzi
Michael Bellizzi
Michael Bellizzi
intercultural dialogue
SPIRE
Didier Lauterborn
Didier Lauterborn
A TRIP THROUGH
THE AGES
Didier Lauterborn
Shirlae Carruthers
CLEANING
Didier Lauterborn
Shirlae Carruthers
Mario Abdilla
Mario Abdilla
climate change
“Intercultural dialogue
is a key instrument
to building bridges
between people and
to safeguarding peace
based on mutual
respect. Intercultural
dialogue therefore is also
an important contribution
to the European
Union’s relations with its
M I G R AT I O N I S N AT U R A L
neighbouring countries,
A r o n Ta n t i in particular in the
Mediterranean region”.
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EP President Pöttering
REVENGE
A r o n Ta n t i
S E N I O R A LT E R N AT I V E
A r o n Ta n t i