ÿþ<!-- Noel Attard Web Master --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="all.css" /> <!-- <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://charlesdanielsaliba.com/favicon.ico"> --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>CharlesDanielSaliba.com </title> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" > <center> <table border="0" width="780px" height="90px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" > <tr> <td bgcolor="#f07120" background="images/cdsHeader.png" width="780p" > <!--___________________ start flag ______________________--> <table align="right" > <tr height="50px"> <td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" > <a href="indexmt.html" id="mflag" ><font color="white"><b>MT</b></font></a> </td> <td> &nbsp &nbsp </td> <td valign="bottom" > <a href="index.html" id="eflag" ><font color="white"><b>EN</b></font></a> </td> </tr> </table> <!--___________________ end flag ______________________--> </td> </tr> </table> <!--___________________ end header _______________________________--> <!--___________________ start navigation _______________________________--> <table border="0" width="780px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" > <tr> <td width="780px" height="50px" bgcolor="#f07120"> <font color="white"> <div> <center> <a class="navigate" href="index.html">Biography</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a class="navigate" href="books.html">Books</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a class="navigate" href="awards.html">Awards</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a class="navigate" href="events.html">Events</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a class="navigate" href="contact.html">Contact us</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a class="navigate" href="buy.html">Buy</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a class="navigate" href="links.html">Links</a> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp </center> </div> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <!--____________________ end navigation _____________________________--> <!--___________________ start main cell ______________________--> <table border="0" width="780px" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td rowspan="4" valign="top" width="600px" height="200px" bgcolor="#ffff99" font color="black" > <div> <img src="images/cds.jpg" clear="all" alt="Charles Daniel Saliba Photo" align="right" /> <br clear="left" /> <strong>Charles Daniel Saliba </strong> attended the University of Malta where he obtained a B.Ed. (Hons.) in Maltese. He started his teaching career at Vincenzo Borg (Brared) Secondary School in Birkirkara, Malta, going on to teach at Gozo College s G.P.F. Agius de Soldanis Lyceum Complex in Victoria. He now lectures on Maltese linguistics and literature at Intermediate and Advanced Level at the Sir M. A. Refalo Centre for Further Studies, in Victoria, Gozo. To enhance his already sound knowledge of the Semitic elements in Maltese, he obtained (with distinction) a diploma in Arabic from the University of Malta. </br></br> Saliba continued his studies at the Faculty of Arts and in 2009 he graduated as European Master in Mediterranean Historical Studies from the same University. He has taught Maltese for foreigners at the G'arb Local Council and organised courses in Arabic language and culture at Gozo College as well as various educational programs (on the Maltese language and teaching strategies) on local radio stations. With his book <em>Realtà,</em> published by Wise Owl Publications, Saliba won a prize for  Prose for Adolescents in the National Book Awards 2007. He has recently (2011) represented Malta as a main speaker in an international conference on proverbs  the fifth Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Proverbs (ICP11) in Tavira, Portugal. <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Research Interests</b> <ul> <li> Various aspects of the Maltese language, especially its history</li> <li>Proverbs</li> <li>Language teaching methodology</li> <li>History of the Mediterranean</li> <li>Hijacking and terrorism</li> </ul> </br></br> <b>Publications</b> <ol> <li><em>A  ess</em>, Merlin Library, (2006, 2007, 2010), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Qawsallinu</em>, Gozo Press, (2006, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti a'jar bi sforzi |g'ar! </em>, Gozo Press, (2006, 2007, BDL 2010, 2012), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Realtà</em>, Wise Owl Publications, (2006); </li> <li><em>Rocco jitg'allem il-karatè</em>, Wise Owl Publications, (2006); </li> <li>Ktejjeb b taqsira b differenza u b e|er izzji varji fuq <em>Meta jaqa - par</em> ta Trevor {ahra (Pubblikazzjoni Merlin), Gozo Press, (2007, 2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li>Ktejjeb b taqsira b differenza u b e|er izzji varji fuq <em>&olm tal-Milied? </em> ta Trevor {ahra (Pubblikazzjoni Merlin), Gozo Press, (2007, 2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li>Ktejjeb b taqsira b differenza u b e|er izzji varji fuq <em>L-Isqaq</em> ta u|e Chetcuti (Pubblikazzjoni Merlin), Gozo Press, (2007, 2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>E  ellenti</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti G'alina t-tfal 1</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti G'alina t-tfal 2</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti G'alina t-tfal 3</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2009), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti G'alina t-tfal 4</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2010), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti G'alina t-tfal 5</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2010), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Malti G'alina t-tfal 6</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2010), co-authored with A. Muscat; </li> <li><em>Idjomi Maltin g'al studenti g'aqlin</em>, Gutenberg Press, (2010, 2010); </li> <li><em>Qwiel Maltin g'al studenti 'abrikin</em>, Gutenberg Press, (2010, 2010); </li> <li><em>75 Lehma 75 Fehma</em>, Gutenberg Press, (2010); </li> <li><em>Malti g'all-E|amijiet b Pariri u Twe!ibiet! </em>, Gutenberg Press, (2010); </li> <li><em>Hijacking in the Mediterranean: The 5 cases of Malta</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2010); </li> <li><em>&tif ta Ajruplani fil-Mediterran. Il-&ames ka|i ta Malta</em>, Book Distributors Ltd., (2010); </li> <li><em>Maltese proverbs: a reflection of Mediterranean history and culture? </em> Paper presented at the <em>5th Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Proverbs</em> (ICP11) in Tavira, Portugal, (2011) which will be published in the proceedings of this colloquium in November 2012; </li> <li><em>Malti a'jar bi sforzi |g'ar!... Ktieb tat-Ta'ri!,</em> Book Distributors Ltd., (2012); </li> <li><em>Su  essinu 1,</em> Book Distributors Ltd., (2012); </li> <li><em>Su  essinu 2,</em> Book Distributors Ltd., (2012); </li> </ol> <br /><br /> <br /> </div> </td> <!--___________________ end main cell ______________________--> <!--___________________ start book cell ______________________--> <td bgcolor="#6CB0E1" border="0px" > <center> <b> Most Recent Publication </b></br> <a href="books.html#maltiahjar2"> <img src="images/recentpub.jpg" alt="Recent Publication" ></a> </center> </td> </tr> <!--___________________ end book cell ______________________--> <!--___________________ start facebook 99cc99 previous bg______________________--> <tr><td bgcolor="#6CB0E1" > <center> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001346375231" target="_blank" > <img src="images/facebookfind1.jpg" alt="facebook link"></a> </center> </td></tr> <!--___________________ end facebook______________________--> <!--___________________ start empty cell ______________________--> <tr><td bgcolor="#6CB0E1" height="950"></td></tr> <!--___________________ end empty cell ______________________--> </table> <!--_____________________ end body __________________________--> <!--_____________________ start footer __________________________--> <table border="0" width="780px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" > <tr> <td bgcolor="#000"> <img src="images/cdsFooter.png" alt="site footer" class="cdsmain" /> </td> </tr> </table> <!--_____________________ end footer __________________________--> </center> </body> </html>