Malarazza Occupied Student House was born in Palermo!
“We won a battle, but not yet the war. After we was certain that renovation works will start again at the Hotel Patria and that it will really become an university student house, we keep emphasizing the issue of neglected spaces in the city, which are really too many. Above all, on those spaces that, not just for their available square meters, could resolve the problem of rent for so many students, but that retains a historical and cultural value for the history of the city and that should be preserved. As for the Hotel Patria, the new space that we open today was a palace of the Florio family, and that therefore retains a historical, architectural and prestigious relevance for the city. We decided to name this new space opened for the students exactly like Malarazza, title of a famous song by Domenico Modugno, in order to address our peers with a loud and clear message. The lyrics say it and we want them to be an exortation for the youth of this territory to not emigrate and to keep struggling. To liberate abandoned spaces and to allow students to not pay the rent, it is only one battle of the many that we are carrying on. Making university accessible to everyone can be a way among many others, in order to prevent youth being forced to migrate and look for their luck elsewhere. We live in a wondrous land with most plentiful resources that we have to be able to care for; and the first step is to decide to remain here, in order to change things. “
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