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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 SEPTEMBER 2019 11 CULTURE BOOKS THE famous 40-metre-long dhow boat Fath Al Khair arrived in Malta on Tuesday 24th September at 5pm and will be greeted by H E Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara, Khalid Abel, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of the State of Qatar in the Republic of Malta, various Maltese dig- nitaries, and Anthony Chircop, mayor of Sliema. The visit to Malta marks the end of the fourth cruise of Fath Al Khair which has visited over 11 harbours across Europe and North Africa with the aim of introducing the Qatari maritime heritage which is a signifi- cant part of the Qatari identity. This cruise, which is organised by the Cul- tural Village Foundation – Katara also aims to promote the FIFA 2022 World Cup that will be held in Qa- tar together with all the preparations that are taking place for this impor- tant event. "We believed very strongly in the Fath Al Khair project and worked hard to bring this to Malta on its fi- nal port call of its 2019 cruise itiner- ary. This reflects the close brotherly relationships between the peoples of Malta and Qatar and we look forward to build more on this," Khalid Abel said. "We invite the Maltese public and tourists to visit this masterpiece of Qatar's cultural heritage and enjoy all it has to offer" he added. The dhow was open to the public free of charge on the 24th September after 5pm, and all day on the 25th and 26th September. Visitors were able to experience this floating museum of the rich Qatari marine heritage whilst also enjoying presentations about the FIFA 2022 World Cup on the huge screens on board. The 16 Qatari sailors onboard led by captain Mohamed Yousef Al-Sada distributed various brochures and gifts to the public, whilst providing explanation on all the items onboard to give a better understanding on Qa- tar's rich culture and identity. The Fath Al Khair dhow will remain moored in Malta for the next nine months before starting off its fifth voyage in June 2020. Qatari cultural boat reaches Malta in landmark cruise The Fath Al Khair dhow will remain moored in Malta for the next nine months before starting off its fifth voyage in June 2020 APORIA. An ancient word derived from Classical Greek. It embraces a vast rich- ness of meanings. Amongst them it includes: despair, cognitive confusion, prob- lematics, spiritual tension, conflict, doubt, uncertain- ty, absurdity. It is from the confluence of all these interpretations and all that is suggested through them, that the intensity of the severity which is contained in this anthology is revealed. Thus the perceptive reader is asked to observe the semantics applied to this term by the finest and most authoritative Greek writers such as Pindar, Plato, Herodotus, Theocri- tus, Aristotle, Xenophon, Simonides and others. In contrast compare the semantic opposite which suggets: hope, illumina- tion, solution, internal se- renity, harmony, certainty, absolutism, ratiocination... These and other suggest- ed meanings, at times even subliminal, will assist those wishing to delve beyond the inadequate meaning of the human word, what the poet experienced. Aporija mill-gdid Books by Roderick (Rigu) Bovingdon