Comments on: Iswed? He’s a man, not an ‘iswed’. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/11/iswed-hes-a-man-not-an-iswed/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Spa https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/11/iswed-hes-a-man-not-an-iswed/#comment-3057446 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:34:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=71973#comment-3057446 Immaginah abjad. L-istorja tal-abjad li sar eroj. Ahjar nidhak.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/11/iswed-hes-a-man-not-an-iswed/#comment-3057396 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:26:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=71973#comment-3057396 The Maltese ‘iswed’ is not the linguistic equivalent of the British/American English ‘black’ but the equivalent of ‘negro’ or ‘nigger’.

“Mela jien iswed?” translates as “Why are you treating me like the household nigger?”

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