Spotlight on Cuba, Malta and Morocco

Maltese English-language poet Abigail Ardelle Zammit, acclaimed Cuban poet Rodolfo Häsler, Moroccan poet Abderrahim Sail and the established, bilingual Maltese poet Daniel Massa will be taking to the stage for the second evening of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival tonight. Readings will mostly be in Maltese and English but some works will also be read in their original language. Some of the literature read during the festival might require an adult audience. Massa will be interviewed in English by Kenneth Wain. This second night also features a special poetry and music performance by Singaporean Marc Nair and international poetry films from Highlight Arts and Oslo Internasjonale Poesifestival. These are: Pipene (The Pipes), a Norwegian film by Kristian Pedersen of a poem by Øyvind Rimbereid that will be introduced on stage by Birgit Hatlehol from the Oslo Internasjonale Poesifestival; and two films by Yasmin Fedda, introduced by Caldon Mercieca – A Ghazal for the Tethered Goats, a poem by Kei Miller, and A Letter to My Mother in the Year 1980, a poem by Miriam al Attar (translated by Nia Davies). Tonight will also see the last of the pre-festival events with the...