PUBLIC SPEAKING
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
A talk on “Europe & the Mediterranean: Which Future?” in Reggio Calabria, 2017 challenging existing narratives…
- Pharaonic conference (Istanbul, Turkey, 2013).
- Festa Migrazione (Turin, Italy, 2019).
- Participated in the “Citizens for the Commons Across Borders: Beyond Istanbul Across the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea and Europe” online conference presenting European experiences with unnecessary and imposed mega projects. (Citizen’s Assembly Turkey, 2021).
- Sharing initiatives and good practices sessions: presenting “Floating Voices”: a trans-Mediterranean, multilingual, youth creative arts contest. (Celebrating Our Diversity Forum – online, Anna Lindh Foundation, Sweden, 2020).
- Presented the Euro-Mediterranean migration context, including related European Union agreements and treaties, to civil society organization activists. (No One is Illegal, Toronto, 2019).
- Panel participant on the issue of youth radicalization in the Mediterranean space. (SabirMaydan, Messina, Italy, 2017).
- Presented and participated in a three-day Euro-Mediterranean forum for activists, social movements and organizations that culminated in a joint declaration calling for dialogue and sharing experiences to create the conditions for dignity, freedom and peace in the region in light of the Arab Springs and various protest movements on the northern shores of the Mediterranean. (IndignaCtion Forum, Anna Lindh Foundation, Luxembourg, 2012).
- Presented research that involved various approaches to foreign student integration in school systems globally as part of the presentation: “The integration of foreign students in schools: the Mozione Cota”. The presentation resulted in launching a petition against the legislation and the formation of the working group “Tutti uguali, tutti diversi”. (Susa School District, 2008).
Forum des Mondes Méditerranéens, Marseille, France, 2022.