Dimech u l-Gahan Malti

Guze Stagno writes about Mark Montebello's well researched book on Manwel Dimech and says that history keeps repeating itself in Malta. From the xemx blog:

Dwar Dimech kienu jghidu li jtir ma’ tas-Setta, li ried idahhal il-Protestantizmu f’Malta u li ried igarraf il-knejjes. X’ghamel il-Gahan Malti? Emmen lil min ried iżommu njurant u ħaggar lil Dimech. Madwar sittin sena wara, gralu l-istess haga Mintoff. Ipprova jifdina mill-injuranza, u x’qalu dwaru? Qalu li ried igibna Komunisti, qalu li jekk jitla’ fil-gvern, lill-Arcisqof jixhtu l-habs. X’ghamel il-Gahan Malti? Storja pjuttost maghrufa; qqas hemm ghalfejn nidhol fiha.

Ghax il-Gahan Malti tih igerger dwar l-iskarsezza tac-cikkulata Mars. Jinsa’ l-Gahan Malti li inqas minn ghoxrin sena qabel, kien qed jittallab ghall-gaxin m’ghand l-Inglizi. Il-Gahan Malti jgerger ghax fl-Universita’ ma setax jaghzel BA fil-History of Art. Jinsa li inqas minn ghoxrin sena qabel, kien ikollu jmur jahdem ta’ erbatax-il sena biex imantni ‘l hutu. Il-Gahan Malti kien dak li kien; hu dak li hu. Jibqa’ jhalli ‘l min ibezzghu mill-haddiema barranin li jigu Malta biex jehdulu hobzu. Jibqa’ jhalli ‘l min ibezzghu bil-filmati ta’ Novembru ’86. Jibqa’ jhalli ‘l min ibezzghu ghax jigi n-Nigerjan u, bil-bilbla kbira li ghandu, jisraqlu l-mara.

In this interview with MaltaToday Mark Montebello compares Mintoff to Dimech

Manwel Dimech u l-idejali tas-Sette Giugno

Gahan u l-identita' kulturali Maltija - Adrian Grima