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The Mediterranean Award for Peace 2009 has been assigned to the memory of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwich. The award was delivered to the Palestinian Ambassador in Italy Mr. Sabri Ateyeh, during the Yacht Med Festival which took place in Gaeta.

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The Mediterranean Award Culture 2009 has been assigned to the Students of Gaza. The award was delivered to the Palestinian Ambassador to Italy Mr. Sabri Ateyeh, during the Yacht Med Festival which took place in Gaeta.

The Ambassador expressed his happiness and joy in receiving the award, which recognizes the value of the students of Gaza, who, despite the difficulties of living in a region in war, they keep going on, showing their will to nurish the mind through culture.

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The Mediterranean Award for the Environment and Co-Development 2009 was presented to Folco Quilici at the Awards Ceremony held in the Complesso Museale at Santa Maria La Nova.


The Fondazione Mediterraneo made the Award to the film-maker and writer for his work in disseminating the culture of the sea, which is an example for future generations and educational tool with which to disseminate love for the sea and conservation of its habitat.

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The Mediterranean Award for Social Solidarity 2009 was delivered to L’Altra Napoli  Onlus during the Ceremony held in the Complesso Museale di Santa Maria La Nova.
Fondazione Mediterraneo assigned the Award to the Neapolitan association for its stimulating role in the civil progress of the Neapolitan society, promoting concrete models of solution and government in problematic areas.
The Award was also attributed for the engagement of the association in favour of integration in at-risk quarters like the Rione Sanità in Naples. In fact in this area L’Altra Napoli rehabilitated spaces for the realisation of the Giardino degli Aranci and L’Altra Casa.

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The Mediterranean Award for Culture 2008 was delivered to Wassyla Tamzali during the Ceremony held in the Complesso Museale di Santa Maria La Nova.

Fondazione Mediterraneo assigned the Prize to the writer for expressing, through her work, the multiple dimensions and contradictions of the South Shore and for giving voice to the women victims of abuses in all the patriarchal and sexist cultures of the Mediterranean.

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