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Quiet days on the beach
from WIRED MALTA (formerly known as Wired Temples) by Shawn Micallef
Aug 13, 2008 - 05:29:16 PM CET
This is my final post on Wired Malta. I extended past my weekend slot due to a combination of being on lazy vacation and as former guest blogger Sabine Cassar-Alpert pointed out on her Gozo blog, Malta was having internet trouble on Sunday. Thanks to the folks at Wired Malta for the opportunity to write about this place I love. There are beach people and there aren't.


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The Maltese Cross
from maltadailyphoto by Dina
Aug 13, 2008 - 01:40:31 PM CET
The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem gave Malta the heritage of the Maltese Cross. The eight-pointed cross is a symbol used by the knights to denote the eight obligations or aspirations of the knights.
The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, now commonly known as the Knights of Malta, can trace their origin to a group of monks attached to a hospice built in the Holy Lands to aid travelers visiting the Holy Land. The monks were known as the Freres Hospitaliers de St. Jean de Jerusalem.



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Ferragosto
from j'accuse by Jacques René Zammit
Aug 13, 2008 - 10:38:11 AM CET
There is something psychologically daunting about the 15th of August. It is the peak of summer holidays, the epitome of the hot day spent by the sea. At least it was for me when I could still consider myself to be a Mediterranean citizen. In my school years once the 15th August was over the [...]



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Kont se nikteb nota fuq Maħmud Darwix, iżda …
from Il-Blobb tas-Sibt Filgħaxija by Immanuel Mifsud
Aug 12, 2008 - 09:40:19 PM CET
Kont se nikteb nota fuq Maħmud Darwix, il-poeta meqjus nazzjonali tal-Palestina li miet il-bieraħ fi sptar fi Houston, Texas, imma min jaf kemm - ġustament - se jinkitbu eloġji u obitwarji għal dan il-poeta li esprima s-sentiment kollettiv tal-Palestina.