https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26055 Sat, 23 May 2026 16:56:25 GMT 2026-05-23T16:56:25Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130531 Title: Mr. Martin’s ordeal Abstract: Mr. Martin’s Ordeal is a one-act play about the impact of the City on the Village. The village represents tradition and conservatism, attachment to the old ancestral customs which are rapidly disappearing under the impact of city life which, being more cosmopolitan, is exposed to many foreign influences from which radiate new mental attitudes that are progressively eroding the core of the village community as people knew it in their younger days. It is a one-act play which was written by J. Aquilina and translated to English by Mr. F. Williams, a British resident of Siggiewi who mastered the written Maltese. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130531 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130506 Title: L-inkwiet tas-Sur Martin Abstract: L-lnkwiet tas-Sur Martin is a one-act play about the impact of the City on the Village. The village represents tradition and conservatism, attachment to the old ancestral customs which are rapidly disappearing under the impact of city life which, being more cosmopolitan, is exposed to many foreign influences from which radiate new mental attitudes that are progressively eroding the core of the village community as people knew it in their younger days. It is a one-act play which was written by J. Aquilina and performed by his students several times at the University theater in Valletta. The play represents a conflict of mental attitudes to life as it affected the domestic habits and peace of mind of a good-natured, temperamental village man attached to his family traditions and customs and whose two lively daughters upset his tenor of life by some of the exotic fashions of modem life which they picked up from the two Sliema families they worked for as maids. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130506 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130504 Title: Foreword [Journal of Maltese Studies Volume 6] Abstract: L-lnkwiet tas-Sur Martin is a one-act play about the impact of the City on the Village. The village represents tradition and conservatism, attachment to the old ancestral customs which are rapidly disappearing under the impact of city life which, being more cosmopolitan, is exposed to many foreign influences from which radiate new mental attitudes that are progressively eroding the core of the village community as people knew it in their younger days. It is a one-act play which was written by J. Aquilina and performed by his students several times at the University theater in Valletta. The play represents a conflict of mental attitudes to life as it affected the domestic habits and peace of mind of a good-natured, temperamental village man attached to his family traditions and customs and whose two lively daughters upset his tenor of life by some of the exotic fashions of modem life which they picked up from the two Sliema families they worked for as maids. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130504 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26227 Title: The first congress on Mediterranean studies of Arabo-Berber influence Abstract: The editor, J. Aquilina in the new edition of the Journal of Maltese Studies talks about the first ever congress on Mediterranean Studies of Arabo-Berber influence. This conference, held from 3rd to 6th April 1972 was organized by the Department of Maltese and Oriental languages. The interests of the Department 'of Maltese and Oriental Languages are certainly not just insular. They are of a Mediterranean nature in a broad sense. As the language is made up of Semitic and Romance elements, so the interests of the Department spread out both towards Europe and the East (the Arab world). They are all centred round Euro-African studies, with their many ramifications. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26227 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z