23 JUNE

WELCOME TO PARTICIPANTS TO RAGUSA, MODICA AND SCICLI

20.30 - Palazzo San Benedetto
"Inauguration exhibition “I Segni della Memoria” by Laura D’Andrea"

24 JUNE

11.00 - Giardini Iblei
Inauguration of the Festival – Greetings of the authorities
In presence of the project promoters:
Fabio Granata,       Councillor for Tourism Region
Giuseppe Drago,     Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Pier Virgilio Dastoli, European Commission
Aisha Gheddafi,     General secretary at "Waatasimu" Volutary association
Giovanni Antoci,    Province of Ragusa
Tonino Solarino,     Ragusa Town Council
Piero Torchi,          Modica Town Council
Bartolomeo Falla,  Scicli Town Council
Antonio Pioletti,     Faculty of Languages and Foreign Literature,
                            University of Catania
Isabella Camera D’Afflitto, Scientific Director Sabir

Ore 15,00 - Palazzo Donnafugata
Round table "Euromediterranean dialog and reform process:
The importance of the woman role in media and comunication 
by European Commission  
Presented by:
Giuseppe Drago, Under-secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Pier Virgilio Dastoli, Delegations Director in Italy of the European Commission;
Introduced by:
Aisha Gheddafi, Libic Loyer
Moderator:
Alessandra Paradisi, S.G. COPEAM – Conferenza Audiovisivo nel Mediterraneo
Contributors:
-       Mimosa Martini, MEDIASET
-    Maria Pia Farinella, Commissione Pari Opportunità, FNSI - RAI
-     Lucia Baresi, SKY Italia
-         Nacera Benali, Al Watan – Algeria
-         Antoinette Nikolova, Balkan News Corporation, Deutsche Welle
-    Rula Jebreal, La7
-         Chiara Di Pietro, Tiscali
Conclution:
Mohamed Aziza, Direttore Generale dell’Osservatorio del  Mediterraneo.
Stefania Prestigiacomo, Ministro per le Pari Opportunità

19.00 - Capuchin monastery
Inauguration national concourse on the Baroque of the Val di Noto,

19.30 - Gardini Iblei – Church of Sant’Agata
Inauguration photographic exhibition" Walls of Sicily" by Enrico Grieco

20.00  - Palazzo di Donnafugata (Theatre)
"Racism explained to my son" from the novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun – Performance by Bruno Armando and the son Vassant.

17.00 - Palazzo San Benedetto
Inauguration of the Modica civic museum (inaugurated by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Hon. Peppe Drago).
Introduction of the Project “La Fabbrica del passato”.

20.00 - Garibaldi Theatre
Poets meeting
Amel Moussa (Tunisia), Melita Richter (Croazia), Qassim Haddad (Bahrain), Visàr Zhiti (Albania), Zineb Laouedj (Algeria),
 meet Sicilian Poets
Sebastiano Burgaretta, Riccardo Emmolo, Nino De Vita.
Presented by: Giuseppe Traina e Fawzi Al Delmi.
Readings by Marcello Sarta e Fatima Palazzolo.  

17.30 - Sala Carpentieri
The memory of places:
Intervene:
Hoda Barakat (Libano)
Fuad al-Takarli (Iraq)
Baha Taher (Egitto)
Waciny Larej (Algeria)
Bensalem Himmich (Marocco).
Coordinator: Filippo La Porta
Participants: José Luis Gotor López

20.00  - Via Mormina Penna
Presentation of De Seta seven documentaries realised in the years '5o
Screening of a movie: "Dètour De Seta" by Salvo Cuccia.
Filmoteca Regionale Siciliana, 2004 production
Presented by: Salvo Cuccia

22 00
Noa in concert

25 JUNE

 - RAGUSA    

10.30 - Santa Teresa Auditorium
"The book that unites" religions face to face
Participants: Ahmad Vincenzo, Pino Ruggieri, Marco Moriggi, Laura Bottini.
Coordinator: Mirella Cassarino

17.00 - Santa Teresa Auditorium
History and Myths of the Mediterranean: Paolo Matthiae "The rebirth of Ebla, an exemplary collaboration between Italy and Syria"
Presented by: Vincenzo La Rosa.

21.00 - Santa Teresa Auditorium
Poets face to face
Participants:
Amel Moussa (Tunisia)
Visàr Zhiti (Albania)
Nino De Vita
Sebastiano Burgaretta
Presented by: Nunzio Zago and Karim Hannachi.
Readings by: Alessandro Sparacino.

 – MODICA      

10.30 - Auditorium of Palazzo San Benedetto
"The Mediterranean: a renewed reflection"
Participants:
Edhem Eldem (Turchia)
Melita Richter (Croazia)
Yael Lerer (Israele)
Joseph Mifsud (Malta)
Pietro Barcellona
Antonio Pioletti.
Coordinator: Salvatore Bono.

12.00 - City Council hall Palazzo San Domenico
On the broad bean and chick pea route -  Egi Volterrani meets Farouk Mardam Bey (Siria), Lilia Zaouali (Tunisia)  and Franco Antonio Belgiorno  With the participation of Franco Ruta

“I Segni della Memoria Mediterranea”
Etchings and paintings by Laura D'Andrea Petrantoni inspired to Islamic writing

Ore 16.00   Palazzo San Benedetto – Civic Museum
Presentation of a restoration itinerary.
Participants Nicola Bono, State Undersecretary for Cultural Heritage

Ore 17.00   Auditorium of Palazzo San Benedetto
Neighbourhood Politic,  cultural and politic dialogue towards south of the Mediterranean Sea: how can intellectuals  and media contribute
Introducing:
Fabio Granata, Assessore al Turismo, Comunicazioni e Trasporti della Regione Siciliana
Giuseppe Drago, Sottosegretario di Stato agli Affari Esteri
Le autorità Provinciali e Comunali.
Intervene:
Armando Barucco, Capo Ufficio III, Direzione Generale per l’Integrazione Europea, Responsabile del Progetto Italia Internazionale
Roberto Carpano, Direttore Euromed Heritage
Carlo Corazza, Responsabile Ufficio Stampa, Commissione Europea, Rappresentanza in Italia
Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Segretario Generale di Non c’è pace senza giustizia
Mario Gazzeri,  Ansa Med
Ahmad Rafat, inviato per il Medio Oriente e Asia Centrale della  Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty (USA), Presidente dell'Associazione per la Libertà d'Espressione in Iran.
Erfan Rashid, Adnkronos     
Yasemin Taskin, Editorialista di “Sabah” – Turchia
Modera:
Khaled Fouad Allam, Editorialista di Repubblica

Ore 21,00 - Teatro Garibaldi
Concerto per pianoforte. Duo Rosa - Cannizzaro

 - SCICLI     

11.00 - Palazzo Spadaro
- Tourism and culture of the Mediterranean: a possible binomial
Contributions by: Francesco Cuddemi; Gianpietro Pizzo; Patrizia Manenti; Davide Boscacci; Bartolomeo Falla; Bartolomeo Piccione

17.00 - Sala Carpentieri
Myths of the Mediterranean: from the Alexandria of Edwar al-Kharrat (Egypt) to the Sicily of Santo Piazzese.
Coordinators: Giuseppe Traina and Maria Avino.

18.30 - Palazzo Spadaro
Desert of sand, desert of words
 - The Libya of Ibrahim Al Koni told to Filippo La Porta and Maria Avino, and the Libya of Stefano Malatesta -
Partecipants: Magdud Ibrahim.

20.00 - Sala Carpentieri
Poets face to face:
Qassim Haddad (Bahrain)
Chawki Abdelamir (Iraq)
Melita Richter (Croazia)
Riccardo Emmolo
Zineb Laouedj (Algeria).
Presented by: Fawzi Al Delmi.
Readings: by Alessandro Sparacino e Fatima Palazzolo

21.30 - Via Mormina Penna
Showing of the film "Private" by Saverio Costanzo.
Followed by debate with the director and the actor Mohammed Bakri
Participants: Roberto Alajmo, Luciano Granozzi, Aldo Nicosia
 

26 JUNE

 – MODICA     

10.30 - Garibaldi Theatre
Iraq of culture: the cultural heritage from the past to today
Paolo Matthiae with the participation of Fu’ad al-Takarli, Chawki Abdelamir, Nada Salim Dallal, Fawzi Al Delmi.
Coordinator: Isabella Camera d’Afflitto

12.00 - Garibaldi Theatre
A bridge of books between two shores: meeting of Mediterranean editors
Participants: Antonio Sellerio (Sellerio Editore), Ugo Magno (Mesogea), Giorgio Devoto (S. Marco dei Giustiniani), Alessandro Gallo (Jouvence),  Sebastiana Madau (Ilisso), Farouk Mardam-Bey (Actes-Sud).
Coordinator: Isabella Camera d’Afflitto

21.00 -  Piazza Matteotti
Simon Shaeen in Concert (solo  per oud and violin) with the extraordinary  partecipation  of Chiara Civello

 - SCICLI     

18.00 - Opera Pia Carpentieri
Presentation of the restoration of crucifixes
Organized by: Rebecca Denaro Papa and Beatrice Basile

20.00   - Via F. Mormina Penna
Presentation of  Roberto Alajmo book  "È stato il figlio".
Presented by Giuseppe Pitrolo.
Attented by the authors

22.00 - Piazza Italia
Ideas and scents of the Mediterranean: Felice Limosani illuminates Scicli -

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