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Kurt Borg

@kurtborg.bsky.social
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Lecturer, Uni of Malta Secretary, PEN Malta Author, sens ta' ħarifa: esejs (KKM, 2024)

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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
PEN Malta expresses deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Venezuela and the grave risks faced by writers, journalists, and all those imprisoned for exercising their right to free expression.
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The latest targeted assassination of Palestinian journalists by Israel in Gaza is horrifying confirmation of a long-standing, genocidal policy aimed at wiping out Palestinian life and culture. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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Kurt Borg @kurtborg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New issue of 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 on Transnational Politics of Anti-Gender Mobilizations. Includes my review of Adriana Zaharijević's Judith Butler & Politics, a wonderful book. All articles open access through the link below. journal-redescriptions.org/43/volume/28...
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Volume 28 - Issue 1 - 2025 | Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
PEN Malta stands with Maltese and Malta-based writers, artists, academics & activists in calling out European Parliament Roberta Metsola's silence on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. We endorse this powerful open letter: openlettertorobertametsola.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/5/
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International Journal of Disability and Social Justice @ijdsj.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Following last week's announcement of our two new Executive Editors Dr @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social & Prof Heng-hao Chang, we're thrilled to announce 5 wonderful new IJDSJ Editorial Board members: ✨Dr Kurt Borg ✨Dr Paul Darke ✨Dr @antoniosktenidis.bsky.social ✨Dr Amy Redhead ✨Prof Tania Titchkosky
Logo of journal. 'Warm welcome to new Editorial Board members!'. Photos of Kurt, Paul, Antonios, Amy and Tania. All smiling to camera.
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
We joined civil society in marking the Palestinian Nakba and in urging our government and the EU to stop Israel's genocoide of Palestinians www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...
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NGOs mark 77 years since Nakba with march, call for action on Gaza
Organisers say the march honours the Palestinian Nakba and urges Malta and the EU to take immediate action to stop Israel’s crimes against humanity
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Check out PEN Malta's May newsletter – find out more about the Open Mic on Manoel Island, standing up to unchecked development, and how you can raise your voice. Manoel Island should be for everyone, not for the greedy trying to grab our country with enabling politicians.
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
In-Newsletter ta' PEN Malta għal Mejju - niżżilha u ssib iżjed informazzjoni dwar il-Palk Ħieles fuq Manoel Island kontra l-iżivlupp bla kontroll u kif tista' ssemma' leħnek. Manoel Island tista' tkun post fejn ingawdu lkoll, kontra r-regħba ta' min irid jaħtaf 'il pajjiżna.
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Ingħaqad magħna għall-Palk Ħieles f'lejla li tiċċelebra l-libertà tal-espressjoni, il-komunità u l-kreattività fl-arja miftuħa. Organizzat minn PEN Malta mal-kampanja "Manoel Island: Post Għalina". - 22 ta’ Mejju 2025 - 6:00 PM - Manoel Island Irreġistra hawn: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
1/ PEN Malta stands in solidarity with Gaza and condemns the Maltese government’s refusal to assist the humanitarian vessel Conscience, left stranded following a reported Israeli drone attack. www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...
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Activists urge government to allow Gaza aid ship to dock in Malta after drone attack
Activists are urging the Maltese government to allow the damaged humanitarian vessel Conscience to dock for emergency repairs, following a reported Israeli drone strike near Malta's waters
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Fil-jum Dinji għal-Libertà tal-Istampa nitlobu għall-waqfien tal-impunità ta' min iwettaq krimini kontra l-ġurnalisti. On World Press Freedom Day we call for the end of impunity for crimes against journalists.
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
PEN Malta firmly supports the call to safeguard a healthy democratic culture, as highlighted in today’s Times of Malta editorial. Democracy is about fostering a culture where informed debate, accountability and the protection of fundamental freedoms thrive. timesofmalta.com/article/edit...
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Editorial: More to democracy than just voting
The safety of journalists is of paramount importance without whom we would lose a crucial component in the democratic functioning of the institution of our democracy
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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Seyla Benhabib and Ayelet Shahar (eds.), Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects: Migration, Asylum and Shifting Borders - Cambridge University Press, January 2025 (print and open access) www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
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Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects
Cambridge Core - Political Theory - Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects
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pen-tlrc.bsky.social @pen-tlrc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
MAKING SILENCED LANGUAGES VISIBLE Day 11 - Poem 17: Malti Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti is the official language of the Maltese people. It is the only official Semitic language of the EU, and the only one written in Latin alphabet. @penmalta.bsky.social youtu.be/yYdtAioz00M?...
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Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti
YouTube video by Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of PI
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
PEN Malta expresses solidarity with journalists who were attacked yesterday Wednesday 26 February while carrying out their duties in court. 1/3 timesofmalta.com/article/igm-...
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'I will f*** your family': journalists threatened outside court, IĠM want action
Journalists 'filmed and threatened by relatives', institute wants police to take action
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Kurt Borg @kurtborg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Riċensjoni ta' sens ta' ħarifa -- Daniel Cossai www.illum.com.mt/kultura/arti...
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Il-ħajja storja, l-istorja idea
Fil-paġna letterarja tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb għal dil-ġimgħa, Daniel Cossai jħares lejn il-ġabra ta’ esejs ta’ Kurt Borg, Sens ta’ Ħarifa, ippubblikat mill-Klabb Kotba ...
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Kurt Borg @kurtborg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Fuq @aphroconfuso.bsky.social, tistgħu wkoll taqraw (jew tisimgħu) "Ġilda", wieħed mill-esejs li jidher fil-ġabra *sens ta' ħarifa* aphroconfuso.mt/kurt-borg-%C4%A1ilda/
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Ġilda ta’ Kurt Borg
Hemm karru bil-ġwienaħ misjuq minn kuċċier miġbud minn żewġt iżwiemel. Żiemel minnhom abjad, b’għonqu wieqaf dritt, grazzjuż. L-ieħor iswed, magħmul ikrah u goff. Bil-frosta f’idu, il-kuċċier qed jitt...
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Kurt Borg @kurtborg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Tistgħu taqraw iktar dwar *sens ta' ħarifa*, minn fejn ġie u kif tfassal, f'dan l-esej li deher fil-ġurnal letterarju @aphroconfuso.bsky.social: aphroconfuso.mt/kurt-borg-dwar-sens-ta-%C4%A7arifa/
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Dwar sens ta’ ħarifa ta’ Kurt Borg
Waqt il-proċess tal-editjar ta’ “Ġilda”, Joe u Loranne kienu mbuttawni biex naħseb iktar dwar kif u għala qed nuża l-lingwa li qed nuża. Każ minnhom, li bqajna nsemmuh, kien dwar l-użu ta’ kwotazzjoni...
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Kurt Borg @kurtborg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
*sens ta' ħarifa* jista' jinxtara mis-sit tal-pubblikatur: www.midseabooks.com/shop/language-literature/rumanzi-u-novelli/sens-ta-harifa-essejs/
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