Mediterranean paradoxes

Enzo Bianchi, an Italian theologician, considers the paradoxes and antagonisms that define the Mediterranean, a stage of human drama and war, as well as a land of holidaymakers and the carefree. "The Mediterranean, the land-encircled sea, Mare Nostrum, a sea that might be seen as a bridge between diverse lands, cultures and religions. ... A Mediterranean teeming with holidaymakers, from the Turkish to Spanish coasts, from Morocco to Egypt, people on vacation, tourists immersed in blind consumerism while, just off the coast, poor people in search of a place where they might earn a living worthy of the name die of hunger and thirst. But also a Mediterranean that bears witness in Lebanon to a horrifying war, unjust as all wars are, illegitimate. But can a war ever be legitimate?"

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