“Our Dreams Are Not Different from Yours”

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-660
Author(s):  
Marta Bellingreri
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
International Audience ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
European Youth

Migration and revolution in the Mediterranean area are inextricably connected. In this paper, I bring the stories of young Tunisian and Syrian revolutionaries of the 2008 and 2011 uprisings who were later forced into displacement and migration and who—both in their countries of origin and at European borders—demand freedom from their regimes’ oppression and freedom of movement. As European youth can mostly move freely in the world, Arab youth share the dream of doing the same. Both local tyrannies and their international allies, as well as unjust socioeconomic and migration policies, prevent these young people from living in dignity, from choosing where they live, and from being actors of change. The letters they share and the movement they found address an international audience and it to listen to their demands.

From exclusion to inclusion: women and interfaith dialogue in the Mediterranean area

2018 ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Francesco Antonelli ◽  
Elisabetta Ruspini
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Interfaith Dialogue ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Uniform Region ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Intellectual Elites

This chapter details women's contribution to interfaith dialogue in the Mediterranean. This area is often referred to a uniform region and usually depicted as highly problematic, since conflicts and migration flows pose considerable risks to the security of the entire region. Moreover, the Mediterranean is not only an area of crisis and conflict, but also a space for opportunities and dialogue. Interreligious dialogue is a powerful tool for achieving peace and stability. Today, institutions for intercultural dialogue and cooperation, religious representatives, and interfaith organizations are working together to build mutual understanding in the region. This chapter shows that the interreligious dialogue has been changing its nature through a twofold enlargement centred on the gender dimension: vertical, by women belonging to intellectual elites; and horizontal, through a growing involvement of civil society.

The ‘Aura’ of Home

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dima Issa
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration

Abstract In Arabic restaurants, sitting rooms and cars around the world, her voice filters through the airwaves, transporting listeners to narrow alleyways, cobblestones and the Mediterranean Sea, to a time of innocence and peace, determination and war, stability and acceptance. Her songs, melancholy memory and patriotic love shape Arab heritage and offer a focal point for identity construction. For many Arabs in the diaspora, Fairouz’s music is a tool of expression, a proxy for nostalgia and a call for resistance. Through a theoretical framework that combines affect, the mnemonic imagination and migration, I highlight the preliminary findings of my PhD research. This research involves a series of interviews with members of the Arab diaspora living in Doha, Qatar. I examine the role Fairouz’s music played in the lives of these interview subjects.

scholarly journals Training Systems and Sustainable Orchard Management for European Pear (Pyrus communis L.) in the Mediterranean Area: A Review

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1765
Author(s):  
Stefano Musacchi ◽  
Ignasi Iglesias ◽  
Davide Neri
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Training System ◽  
Planting Density ◽  
Subsequent Increase ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Pyrus Communis L ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Planting Distance

In 2018, 23.2 Mt of pears were produced in the world across 1.3 million hectares (ha) of cultivated land. This review analyzes different training systems and management styles that have been adopted worldwide, emphasizing the European pear’s economic and environmental sustainability for the Mediterranean area of cultivation. Despite a reduced number of cultivars utilized around the world, pear presents a plethora of innovative training systems. In Europe, dwarfing rootstocks have led to reduced planting distances and a subsequent increase in planting density. Still, the economic sustainability of these systems is now questionable. Many of the quince rootstocks have made it possible to considerably reduce the size of the tree and introduce the concept of continuous row planting, with the management of orchards from the ground (i.e., pedestrian orchard). The planting distance must be chosen according to the soil fertility, the vigor of the grafting combination, and the training system. The planting distance dramatically affects the pruning and the management of soil, fertilization, and irrigation. The reduction of tree size also lowers the volume of spray necessary when applying pesticides. The variability in yield worldwide results from the interaction amongst cultivar/rootstock/training system/climate/management.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Adequacy Index in Young People in Syria

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Malda Atasi
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Saturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Syrian Population ◽  
The Mediterranean

Objective: To assess, the degree of adherence to Mediterranean Diet (MD) in Syrian young people, and studying the effect of some variables on Mediterranean Adequacy Index (MAI) value and its comparison with other studies in Spain and Mediterranean area. Background: It has been observed that the Syrian population, especially the young ones, are abandoning the (MD), which affects in long term their health, the same has been observed in Spanish youth. The longitudinal study of the "seven counties" involved active rural population in Italy, was firstly demonstrated the progressively abandoning of MD. Methods: The sample under the study was 204 young people (41.7% men and 58.3% women) in the area of Damascus (65% were students). They filled in a semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire, then the Mediterranean Adequacy Index (MAI) was computed by dividing the sum in gram of typical Mediterranean food Groups (Cereals, Legumes, Fruits, Fish), by the sum in gram of non-typical Mediterranean food groups (Meats, Eggs, Cookies and cakes, dairy). It was used the SPSS program to study the correlation between the variables and MAI of the sample. Results: The average MAI of the young sample was (1.17) which is lower than another study in Spanish young people and much lower than 7.2 in Italy several decades ago. Those results demonstrated that the young Syrian are abandoning the Mediterranean Diet as well as the Spanish young people. The caloric profile has changed over time that results in lower consumption of carbohydrates and higher consumption of protein and lipids, similar to almost Mediterranean area. Moreover the war has an impact on the type of food consumed which affect MAI. The lipid profile (measured by the cocient of intake of Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFA) and Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) divided by Saturated Fatty Acids (SFA) of the sample was 3.71 better than other studies in Spain 1,69, 1,71 (the recommended value should be > 2). This illustrates a moderate consumption of olive and vegetable oil, but poor consumption of meat and eggs in contrast of Spanish diet.

scholarly journals Migration, Borders, and Society

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Yrsa Landström ◽  
Magnus Ekengren
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
International Peace ◽  
The South ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Societal Values ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Many ◽  
National Governments

AbstractIn recent years, we have learned that forced global migration pose a serious threat to international peace and societal values. Despite the many warnings and refugee crises across the world, most national governments have insufficiently addressed this threat. In this chapter, we try to explain this lack of action. The chapter explores possible explanations such as the denial mindset of “it probably won’t happen here (and if it does, it won’t affect my family and community)”. The chapter focuses on the border management crisis in Sweden in 2015. The Swedish government did not address the situation as a crisis until the refugees, who had been on the Mediterranean Sea and traversing north over the continent for months, ended up in Malmö in the south of Sweden in September 2015. This predictable set of events caused chaos for the unprepared Swedish police and the border and migration authorities who had to handle the situation under conditions of urgency and apparent uncertainty.

scholarly journals Political and institutional determinants of migration policies

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Toni Ricciardi ◽  
Sandro Cattacin
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Domestic Economy ◽  
Economic Crises ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Effect Relationship ◽  
Institutional Determinants ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Migration

International migration is an especially important interpretive key through which to understand the long history of globalization. Over the last 20 years, an increasing number of countries have experienced a prolonged transition in the nature of the migration to which they are subject: countries that were historically lands of emigration are becoming lands of immigration. This chapter describes how migration and migration policies have changed over the last two centuries, especially in Europe. Until the French Revolution, Europe had considered immigration a resource and not a scourge, and European imperialism has probably sown the seeds of distrust and racism that continue to pervade the world today. European states have alternated between policies favouring the restriction and promotion of migration, depending on their own perceived economic and geopolitical needs. Paradoxically, periods of restriction, intended to protect the domestic economy, preceded economic crises. It is possible to trace a cause-and-effect relationship between restrictive policies and subsequent economic crises.

Lectotypification of the Linnaean name Linum campanulatum (Linaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 236 (3) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Bartolucci ◽  
DUILIO IAMONICO ◽  
ROBERT P. WAGENSOMMER
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean

The genus Linum Linnaeus (1753: 277) consists of about 200 species distributed in temperate and tropical regions of the world. The Mediterranean area can be considered one of the centers of diversity of this genus (Greuter et al. 1989, Yilmaz et al. 2003, Yilmaz & Kaynak 2008, 2010, Tugay et al. 2010, Peruzzi 2011, Ruiz-Martin et al. 2015).

scholarly journals Mobility for Me but Not for Others: The Contradictory Cosmopolitan Practices of Contemporary White British Youth

Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852199956
Author(s):  
Avril Keating
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Geographical Mobility ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Mixed Messages ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Do So

This article seeks to problematise the perception that young people are committed cosmopolitans by highlighting some of the contradictory and contingent practices that young White British youth engage in. To do so, I explore a contradiction that emerged in my recent projects when young people talked about mobility and migration, namely how some White British youth want (and assume) freedom of movement for themselves but are opposed to freedom of movement when it involves immigrants coming to Britain. Here I argue that this can be viewed as an effort to enjoy the benefits of a cosmopolitan lifestyle (particularly through geographical mobility) while nonetheless wishing to limit opportunities for cultural Others to do likewise. This manifestation, I suggest, should be seen as a one-way form of cosmopolitanism that is not just contradictory, but also a reflection of the mixed messages young people in Britain receive about mobility, migration, multiculturalism, citizenship and individualism.

Forest management and the Pine Processionary Moth

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Buxton
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Acceptable Level ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Pine Processionary Moth ◽  
Processionary Moth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Suitable Habitats

Pine forests of the Mediterranean area are subject to very serious depredations by the caterpillar of the Pine Processionary Moth. Although there are suitable habitats in other parts of the world, the moth has so far remained within this region because of its poor power of dispersal. Traditional methods of containing it are unsatisfactory and better results are to be expected from measures designed to stabilise the population at an acceptable level rather than to eradicate it entirely.

Silene ohwii (Caryophyllaceae), a replaced name for Melandrium nubigenum

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 432 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-300
Author(s):  
TIAN-CHUAN HSU ◽  
CHUN-KUEI LIAO ◽  
SHIH-WEN CHUNG ◽  
WEI-JIE HUANG
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean

Silene Linnaeus (1753: 416) (Caryophyllaceae Juss.) is one of the largest genera of flowering plants in the world, consisting of about 700 species (Melzheimer 1988, Morton 2005) the majority of which are distributed in the Mediterranean area (Greuter 1995). The genus is critical from both taxonomic and nomenclatural points of views (see e.g., Petri et al. 2011, Rautenberg et al. 2011, Naciri et al. 2017, Đurović et al. 2018, Iamonico 2018).

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