Tag Archives: Malta

Walks and readings in Malta

The writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) who portrayed Buenos Aires in a dream like manner and was associated with that city as much as Kafka was associated with Prague, was enormously learned and seemed to draw inspiration more from books … Continue reading

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Exploring community spiritual traditions-Ta-Pinu sanctuary-Gozo

If one has to take a visit to nearby areas of spiritual significance to communities from Tripoli, then the Ta-Pinu sanctuary of Gozo immediately comes to mind. How communities are organized around these parishes threading through various aspects of their … Continue reading

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The Eight Hour Day –Remembering Hay Market in Tripoli

            Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will                                                                         Rallying slogan of the 8 hour working day                                                                         Movement of Chicago 1886. The first secular holiday of Libya under … Continue reading

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