Isles of the Left

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Contested Memorial: the Battle of Two Nationalisms

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 The core issue that underpins the conflict in Great Siege Square is whether the memory of the slain journalist can claim a place on the emblem of nationhood and whether she can be considered as part of the Maltese nation at all. It is the meaning of ‘the nation’ and who deserves to define it that is being contested.

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How Growing Up in Malta and England Changed My Understanding of Identity

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Upon returning to Malta after a year in Oxford as a five-year-old, I had to face the challenges of integration all over again; made worse by the fact that I had completely forgotten Maltese and my parents were living in Sliema. [Read more…] about How Growing Up in Malta and England Changed My Understanding of Identity