In My Dream: An Encounter with Ubah Ali Farah & Franco Tartaglia / MMLF2025

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As part of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival 2025, In My Dream: An Encounter with Ubah Ali Farah & Franco Tartaglia will take place on 29 August at 8 pm at the Concert Hall of the Malta Society of Arts. During this event, supported by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di La Valletta, Ubah Ali Farah will be interviewed by Virginia Monteforte about her work. Ali Farah’s fiction and poetry give voice to the Somali diaspora, tracing pivotal moments in Somalia’s history — from the rise of independence movements under Italy’s protectorate, through the Somali civil war, to the experiences of young Somalis living in Rome. As an oral performer, Ali Farah will perform part of her poetry in Italian. She will be accompanied by Leanne Ellul who translated her poems to Maltese especially for this occasion. Musical interludes will be provided by Franco Tartaglia. The evening will conclude with refreshments. This event is multilingual.

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Bħala parti mill-Festival Mediterranju tal-Letteratura ta’ Malta 2025, fid-29 ta’ Awwissu fit-8 pm fis-Sala tal-Kunċerti tas-Soċjetà Maltija għall-Arti se tittella’ s-serata In My Dream: An Encounter with Ubah Ali Farah & Franco Tartaglia. F’din is-serata, bl-appoġġ tal-Istituto Italiano di Cultura di La Valletta, Ubah Ali Farah se tiġi intervistata minn Virginia Monteforte dwar xogħolha. Il-proża fittizja u x-xogħol poetiku ta’ Ali Farah ta leħen lid-dijaspora Somala, u jittraċċaw mumenti kruċjali fl-istorja tas-Somalja – mill-qawmien ta’ movimenti għall-indipendenza taħt il-protettorat Taljan, għall-gwerra ċivili fil-Somalja, sal-esperjenza ta’ żgħażagħ Somali f’Ruma. Bħala artista orali, Ali Farah se tagħti rappreżentazzjonijiet ta’ poeżiji tagħha bit-Taljan. Hija se tkun akkumpanjata minn Leanne Ellul li ttraduċiet xogħlijiet tagħha speċifikament għal din l-okkazjoni. Franco Tartaglia se jipprovdi interludji mużikali. Fi tmiem is-serata, se nkunu nistgħu nieħdu tazza nbid flimkien. Din is-serata hija multilingwi.

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