Mediterranean Futures: Historical Time and the Departure of Italians from Egypt, 1919–1937

Viscomi, Joseph John

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“…The Regime plan was to expand Italian influence beyond Italy’s borders and to create a connection between the Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF) and the various Italian communities around the world. The Fasci all’estero were thus reorganised to give a framework for Fascist foreign policy (Viscomi 2016, 49–50). A number of Fascist newspapers were already circulating in Egypt and in 1923, Giovinezza had been launched by the local Fascio (Marchi 2010, 113).…”

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“…After its closure in 1926 Fascist propaganda found a new outlet in the Giornale d’Oriente , launched in 1930 (Marchi 2010, 116). Moreover, during the period 1931–1932, school curricula were revised and enforced to adhere to the Fascist notion of italianità (Viscomi 2016, 51). This project culminated in 1933 with the visit of King Vittorio Emanuele III to Alexandria, to inaugurate the Italian state school (Viscomi 2016, 30–31).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, during the period 1931–1932, school curricula were revised and enforced to adhere to the Fascist notion of italianità (Viscomi 2016, 51). This project culminated in 1933 with the visit of King Vittorio Emanuele III to Alexandria, to inaugurate the Italian state school (Viscomi 2016, 30–31). The recent conquest of Ethiopia in 1936, as well, had enflamed spirits with dreams of an ‘eldorado’ 3 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Missed connection: relations between Italian anti-fascist emigration and British forces in Egypt (1940–1944)

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2019

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Italian anti-fascists started to emigrate from the moment that Mussolini seized power. These émigrés, or fuorusciti, tried to organise themselves to put an end to Mussolini’s regime, but found themselves confronting a number of unexpected difficulties in their host countries. Among them, Giustiza e Libertà (GL) was one of the most active organisations. One of the problems they had to face was the issue of how best to deal with their hosts without compromising their integrity as Italians, and as patriots. The case of Paolo Vittorelli (Raffaele Battino), who is the subject of this article, presents a clear case study of this issue and shows how close collaboration between Italian anti-fascists and western democracies (in this case, the United Kingdom) was hindered by ideological problems. The study of such episodes helps us to shed light not only on the mentality of the GL émigrés, but also on the way the Italian Resistance would later approach the issue of working together with the Allies during the Italian campaign of 1943–1945.

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Section: Vittorelli’s Warmentioning

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Missed connection: relations between Italian anti-fascist emigration and British forces in Egypt (1940–1944)

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2019

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“…See Hanley 2008, Fahmy 2004, 2012, and Mabro 2002. While the memoirs of Aciman (2007) and Lagnado (2008) have been given attention in these critiques, they and Italian-language accounts (Fishman 2006; Delburgo 2008; Guastamacchi 2012) have yet to be put in dialogue with the longer history of Italo-Egyptian relations (Viscomi 2016).…”

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“… 73. ACS, Ministero del lavoro e delle previdenze sociali, DG Collocamento della manodopera – divisione VIII emigrazione verso paesi extracomunitari, b.457, CIME to MAE 26 June 1953, DGE to MI & MLPS 29 May 1953. For more on this topic see Viscomi (2016). …”

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From immigrants to emigrants: Salesian education and the failed integration of Italians in Egypt, 1937-1960

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2017

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With Italy’s entry into the Second World War, Anglo-Egyptian authorities repatriated Italian diplomats from Egypt, arrested around 5,000 Italians, and sequestered both personal and business accounts. Italian institutions were indefinitely closed, including the Italian state schools. Hope for a future in Egypt among the roughly 60,000 Italian residents faded. The Salesian missionary schools, whose goal since the late nineteenth century had been to inculcate nationalist-religious sentiment in Italy’s emigrants, remained the only active Italian educational institution by claiming Vatican protection. As such, the missionary schools assumed a central role in the lives of many young Italians. After the war, these same young Italians began to depart Egypt en masse, in part driven by the possibilities opened up by their vocational training. Building on diplomatic, institutional and private archives, this article demonstrates how the Salesian missionary schools attempted and failed to integrate Italian immigrants into the Egyptian labour force through vocational training. This failure combined with socio-economic and geopolitical changes to propel Italian departures from Egypt, making emigrants out of immigrants.

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‘Their Parents Are All Sailors and Blue-Collar Workers’: Elementary Education in the Suez Canal Region at the Turn of the Century

Verlato

2022

Italy and the Suez Canal, From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Cold War

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Mediterranean Futures: Historical Time and the Departure of Italians from Egypt, 1919–1937

Abstract: British authorities described the event as resembling a "football" cup in its "excitement

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

Missed connection: relations between Italian anti-fascist emigration and British forces in Egypt (1940–1944)

Missed connection: relations between Italian anti-fascist emigration and British forces in Egypt (1940–1944)

From immigrants to emigrants: Salesian education and the failed integration of Italians in Egypt, 1937-1960

‘Their Parents Are All Sailors and Blue-Collar Workers’: Elementary Education in the Suez Canal Region at the Turn of the Century

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