Geography Now! MALTA

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks everyone for your patience during the brief hiatus. Arabic-Italian-ish speaking people with ancient temples that like to eat dumplings filled with ricotta with mashed peas, This was a really fun country to research and thanks to all the Maltese geograpeeps that helped out and stay tuned for FLAG/ FAN FRIDAY in my NEW house!

[@aram9136]

uea

[@coolcool6676]

BEST KZbin CHANNEL EVER

[@tianab17]

Geography Now not first!!!!

[@PlayBoiMur]

Geography Now ayyy

[@celinaastbury4619]

W o w

[@eliasfrahat7074]

The amount of history in that small Island is impressive

[@中国毛泽东]

I see you everywhere.

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Daniel Tsiprun halo friend I'm a weak boy with weak personality :(

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Mathias Eggert thanks for recommendations friend

[@eliasfrahat7074]

[中国]毛泽东 many people tell me this lately

[@navarro6148]

Elias Frahat You are the Justin Y. of these types of channels

[@grandayy]

WE DID IT REDDIT very good vid in all seriousness good job! also twistees aren't even that good don't @ me

[@martinlee556]

Grandayy hail lord commander of star force Grandayy

[@tobiaspetersson6446]

Hail Grandayy!

[@Starsjepzi]

But sadly Dolan will become meme lord

[@dirtyblock3894]

I voted 4 u

[@k1w197]

its the meme lord himself!

[@danzer013]

I'm Maltese and as soon as I saw this video's title, I was like "Oh lord, this guy doesn't know what he got himself into". The reason for this is that a couple of years ago there was a popular-ish KZbin channel that made a video about our accent and got it completely wrong and the comment section was bombarded with angry and offensive comments and thousands of Maltese people on Facebook were sharing the video and writing how disgusted they were with it. My first thought was that this video would be a repetition of that but I was wrong I'm surprised at how much research went into this detailed and very surprisingly accurate depiction of this small, secret island of ours. You even got some of our more obscure features and information right. Well done and thank you for doing my country justice with your work :)

[@lyriclanguages3780]

What is it like living there?

[@danzer013]

If you've never been here, you will be surprised at how much there is to see and enjoy on this tiny island. I sometimes feel like it is too small and limited, but that's only because I've been here almost 27 years. It has something for everyone. It has a lot of clubs for the younger generation, a lot of restaurants and a lot of places to chill for people who have retired. There are plenty of nice views, especially whenever the sea is involved. The sea and our beaches are beautiful. As you can clearly see from the video, there's a lot of culture, as well. The wages aren't good, but then again, the cost of living isn't high, except for rent. My French and Italian friends say it is much easier to find a job here, so that's a plus.

[@giuliamuscat8294]

It is true I'm from Malta too

[@smileyface6997]

I’m Maltese too lol

[@Lugrer3113]

Did he just connect Christianity with crime level's? 8:20

[@elena-ug8vr]

Some facts being maltese myself: -everyone knows maltese and english. Older generations practically all know italian. Younger generations know french, german, italian or Spanish too -pastizzi are heaven -we re over half a million people - everyone knows everyone LITERALLY -very friendly and helpful people

[@DanielZh3]

I have a Brazilian friend living in Malta. Did you know her?

[@ijustwant2leaveyou]

Knowing someone who use to live in Malta this is very true 😂

[@gorgetheplatypus7797]

"very friendly and helpful people" have you ever been to Hamrun?

[@hazeleyeslis]

I am sicilian, I visited Malta back in 2017. Pastizzi are delicious!

[@moving3999]

World of Pink as a Maltese I agree, though I can’t really speak Maltese as I’m not good At it, but I’m 100% Maltese

[@leowilly29]

Fun fact: the name of the capital, Valletta came directly from the name of the french grand master of the order of saint John of malta ( Jean de La Valette) who was the grand master at the time of the Great Siege by the turks. It was a crushing victory for the order against overwhelming odds. The decisive actions and wise choices of the grand master had an important part in this victory. For french the name of the capital is "La Valette".

[@rentabullet4048]

Sir Leonor damn knights we won won at rhodos but couldnt in malta Nice fight bois u guys are good fighters Assalmu aleikum from turkey former enemies

[@leowilly29]

To be fair, everyone had his moment of glory. The turks were formidable conquerors during many years. But during the great siege they were outmatched by the knights ( 1 knights was cleary worth 10 or more normal ottomans soldiers). We must also not forget the bravery of the maltese people who were of a great help during the fight (notably during the fight in the port were they fought ottomans with knife in the sea to defend the chains garding the entrance to the port). In the end, ottomans chose the retreat in fear of the reinforcements coming from spain when the knights were at the breaking point (only between 300 and 350 knights left on the 600 who took part in the battle). To the opposite, between 10000 and 20000 turks died. Thanks to that the order gained eternel glory and survive until today. Fortunatly nowodays they came back to their first occupation: being a humanitarian association. Aleikum assalam from perhaps a future member of this order.

[@gaucisam]

I know, I am from Malta.I am learning that in school

[@himanshuchauhan2783]

www.historynations.com/2018/08/a-brief-history-of-malta.html

[@Kelly14UK]

Yeah, died hunting only 3 years after The Siege. His Tomb is with Starkey in St John's Co Cathedral. Seen it. Far end from entrance to the left, down the stairs.

[@etherealhawk]

The reason the flag has a medal on it is because the entire island was awarded the St George's across after WW2 for the role they played and bombing they went through

[@redbloxninja784]

it's not medal, its called "George cross"

[@schneider0086]

I've lived in Malta for 4 years, it is an amazing island with lovely people, I love every peace of it, greetings from 🇱🇾 🇲🇹

[@SubscribersWithNoVideos-zo4bs]

Mahmoud Saleh glad you like malta

[@r2d2gamer42]

No

[@elbee241]

I LOVE MALTAAA ITS MY FAVORITE COUNTRY

[@jamieborg4547]

@@r2d2gamer42 Christian!

[@r2d2gamer42]

Lets goooooo orajt bro?

[@adhamhmacconchobhair7565]

Fun fact: There's more Maltese people than Icelandic

[@Kate-jf1fz]

Very true lol

[@KittyCat-dp2lc]

I didnt even know that

[@Maze_icon13]

I knew that because I,live in malta

[@KittyCat-dp2lc]

@@Maze_icon13 i live in malta but i didnt know lol

[@Maze_icon13]

@@KittyCat-dp2lc i live in birgu aka vittoriossa in English

[@mat7279]

So Maltese is a mixture of Arabic, Italian, French and English. Never knew that!

[@ronanvialon7695]

To be precise, a tunisian dialect structure with a lot of italian vocabulary and some french and english

[@maryavatar]

Mat 727 yup. You listen to them speak, you think ‘Arabic’, you watch them drive, you think ‘Italian’. Seriously, do not ever try to drive in Malta, even if you live through it, you’ll have PTSD. They have fantastic and cheap public transport, so I’ve no idea why car ownership is so high. I LOVE Maltese buses.

[@tomas8155]

Nick Soccer yes, you too nick

[@yannakiarrizza8085]

To share, Malta has more a shared cultural link in common with the island of Sicily itself than with Italy as both were under Islamic Rule (Emirate of Sicily, or Siquilya) during the 9-10th century until the Normans conquered in 12th century) and then the Kingdom of Sicily afterwards, resulting in shared lexicology from Siculo-Arabic which is a direct descendant of Maltese - l-lingwa Maltija (it became extinct in Sicily but survived in Malta as its current form) - Both Sicilian and Maltese have words and place names derived from Siculo-Arabic (babbaluciu/bebbuxu, zagara/zahra, tanura/kenur, zibbibu/ zebbib...etc...) - very cool! And to note, much of Maltese's more Italian-like words come via route of the Sicilian language (which developed separately from Italian [itself derived from a dialect of Tuscan which came much later than Sicilian]), and was the language of the Kingdom of Sicily). For example, saying Thank You - Grazzi/Grazzi in both Sicilian and Maltese compared to Grazie in Italian...or...Nannu/Nannu for grandfather vs. Nonno in Italian. SICILY/MALTA - Mediterranean cousins to the South from across the sea 🇲🇹🇮🇲

[@yannakiarrizza8085]

Ronan Vialon Yes, Maltese is a descendant of Siculo-Arabic which in turn is from the Maghrebi Arabic branch so it's no surprise that Tunisian and Maltese are pretty understandable in mutual intelligibility. I knew a Tunisian gal who loved this aspect of both Sicily and Malta and could understand a good part of Maltese.

[@tomgreen7618]

Your merch is the only merch I actually considered getting

[@zoehenfen6154]

Billy Bob that right on it bro

[@randallgibson4598]

no offense I would DEFINITELY buy merch but im not a huge fan of your new logo :( maybe I have bad taste

[@BanAhchad]

Ikr

[@matt.muscat]

7:35 as a Maltese speaking Maltese, I am still laughing and crying at this after a year.

[@malteseninja1047]

Same 😂

[@ethanbugeja2148]

apparently our national dish is "pusteezees" 🤣🤣

[@SubscribersWithNoVideos-zo4bs]

lol and he pronounces Qormi ‘Kormi’

[@louisthewetpussy8748]

What does hakwabviae

[@louisthewetpussy8748]

Sorry I wanted to what does hawkbakbea mean

[@DeliaLange]

my dad told me about Maltese fishers that always fished off the shore of libya back in the 60s-90s & how one of them decided to live in his childhood neighbourhood & he was just the old maltese guy that lived alone but was loved & invited to all the neighbourhood's events. We also used to have a quite large maltese community in my hometown in Libya.

[@gghaded3577]

وش الوضع عندكم الآن؟ عساه زين ؟

[@antoineborg5536]

Lol now way my dad is the same way in my neighborhood the old maltese guy everyone enjoys to have around

[@Lukekho]

Pls Send Keith some twistees

[@Belteshazzar_Antalan]

I agree completely!

[@theskyisfalling_6849]

ULM I once was so close to forming Germany as Ulm, it was just me and Austria and I will say... it did not go well (side note: this is when I was new to the game and didn’t understand that aggressive expansion meant nothing if you had strong enough allies)

[@hmmmborg4040]

Ye sure I'll try send him some Twistees.... I'm from Malta :P

[@Belteshazzar_Antalan]

Horray! The day is Saved!

[@some1156]

Give me the address , I’ll send him some 😆

[@jakobjohannessen583]

Grandayy. The most important thing Malta has ever given the world. Nice vid

[@nycfrank1226]

Jakob Johannessen the second would be twistees

[@icantcomeupwithagoodusername]

Grandayy=Bad memes Dolan Dark=Good memes dont @ me

[@nycfrank1226]

I can't come up with a good username @

[@gemini2012100]

I know what you mean! I just chose one of the suggested names.

[@saxx9088]

I love how everyone is ignoring Ella eyre and just going straight for grandayy

[@njitsugua1883]

This UEFA EURO 2020 soccer thing must have one big madness for them😂😂

[@harrythake2242]

Yes there were huge fights

[@Luke-wt5fe]

As a Brit living in Malta trust me it was a madness

[@salokin3087]

The little island that could and did!

[@sonofrivadin3684]

Just that intro earned a like.

[@JC05]

Provocateur ??????????????????????????????????????????????

[@wildyanhakim3280]

Summon grandayyy

[@ethanpreis413]

He has awoken

[@jacob527]

he is here

[@reijography]

i was wathing dolan dark before this lol

[@Kerlin-lm1ce]

Dolan Dark is way better

[@kirbertmott]

wrong

[@thefidgetspinner2007]

As a Canadian, I love learning about this tiny country, it’s a cute little place. I hope I can visit it when COVID is over

[@LexUniverse]

you definitelly should :) I was there only some days ago and the place is incredibly alive :) the place looks beautiful and people are so friendly :)

[@PTHMborgison]

Nice and I love hearing about Canada too! I REALLY wish to go there when covid is over too

[@grekii]

im half maltese and sadly have not had the opportunity to visit yet due to my holiday cancellation in 2020

[@carsonsmith8362]

I love countries like this. Such a rich culture.

[@DyAnCaVa]

Carson Smith Grazzi! ^_^

[@ac1dicsalt]

Grazzi

[@subscribetotyernix5198]

Carson Smith thanks! I’m Maltese and your comment is very much appreciated! Thanks!

[@subscribetotyernix5198]

Silġ Aħdar u acidicsalt mhux ha jifem ghax nahseb mhux malti.

[@Dawnfall]

Ayy our boi Grandayy included

[@doso4782]

Malta was bombed more than London during WW2, and it was completely isolated as almost all ships going there were sunk by the Germans and Italians. They could not send children away, and many died. If only their buildings were made of the same stuff as their balls.

[@jasondykstra3102]

Douglas Roempke you mean steel?

[@romdhanyucef3650]

I meet many Maltese people in Tunisia and I always find myself understanding them, it's like they are speaking my dialect with some Sicilian vocabulary... btw they are the loveliest ppl you can ever meet ❤

[@boltz44]

Hi it feels so good the English people are still appreciate our country malta especially after the war I think u don't know this but the English attacked us and wanted to rules our country but we forgive everyone and we just want to say....thank you

[@targetech]

@@boltz44 haha you are really zero in history? He said he is from Tunisia not english. The english never attacked us. Germans and italians attacked us. English were invited here to rid of the French occupation. They helped us defend the island in WW2. Also, we never kicked them out, they left after a referendum.

[@LauraC-_-816]

They are only lovely if u keep us fed lol jk it depends some are (excuse my language) assholes while most ish are quite nice I like to think of us as a gumdrop on the map so it’s nice to get some recognition

[@olbiomoiros]

Malta is so beautiful, love from Cyprus 🇨🇾 🇬🇷❤️🇲🇹

[@anatolictengrist]

Konstantinos Chrysostomou cyprus is turkish

[@windoak2113]

Anatolic Tengrist no,the turks invaded them,what are you talking about?

[@windoak2113]

Anatolic Tengrist the argentines said the same thing when they invaded the falkland islands and the bristish beat them

[@nidalsancak8181]

Konstantinos Chrysostomou cyprus is turk !

[@windoak2113]

mig25 foxbat then why do mostly greeks live there -_-

[@mayus2287]

I'm Japanese and I've been to malta. Malta was a really beautiful country! I miss the days I spend there. 🥺🥺🥺

[@Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12]

I want to go to Japan

[@michelamigneco5108]

Grazzi ta’ dan il-filmat! Nemmen li Malta mhijiex marufa daqs kemm ghandha tkun u filmati bhal dawn jesponu lill-barranin ghal pajjiz sabih taghna 😁. Nispera li narawkom Malta dalwaqt 👍🏻

[@maurizio2202]

Ciao Sei di origini italiane

[@leomerron]

Grazzi bonju! Kif int?

[@ree9487]

I'm Jordanian and I understood 90% of what you wrote. Interesting!

[@mohamedrafrafi5486]

Michela Migneco ,Im from Tunisia 🇹🇳 and I understood almost all u wrote.salem sis

[@biexa_0730]

Ajdulhom Hmm

[@toxicviper1078]

Malta was probably one of the best country I visited From 🇦🇪

[@saheb-jg9nj]

UAE

[@giulianamagroconti4486]

Hey! A Malteser here (corny I know). Thank you for making one of the most accurate youtube videos on Malta

[@alcazar123456]

Giuliana Magro Conti I’ll be visiting in January from the US! It will only be my second international trip in my life. Can’t wait!

[@giulianamagroconti4486]

Im sure you'd love it here

[@sadietrent804]

Im planning to come and surprise one of the famous people mentioned in this video who I know ;) malta's top selling female solo artist

[@giuliamuscat8294]

I from malta too

[@cruzgomes5660]

Got any other tips?

[@jasondykstra3102]

What is ironic is that the day you released the video was the national holiday of Santa Marija where we islanders celebrate the defeat of the Turks during the Great Siege and the arrival of the USS Ohio arrived in the Grand harbour during the Second World War after suffering heavy battle damage and helped the island defend itself from constant air raids by the Luftwaffe by bringing in tonnes of supplies that replenished the island. We also remember the lives lost on the perilous convoys to save Malta from destruction. In the evening, many villages would light fireworks to celebrate the national holiday.

[@nathangatt9048]

Jason Dykstra actually that's the 8th of September

[@kylescicluna1541]

Jason Dykstra vera hija malti

[@ac1dicsalt]

Okay but the Great Siege and World War 2 victory is on the 8th September not 15 th August

[@jasondykstra3102]

True

[@tHustr4]

For the love of God, someone send Keith his Twistees!!

[@liam9097]

Zarathustra Zarath What is his address? I might send him some

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

Dey haz P.o boxx

[@Pupperror]

I want to but they don't exist in Sweden

[@nikanikuradze7437]

neither do they in georgia (the country)

[@Lukekho]

Stealer

[@maitlandbezzina2842]

Such an amazing video and I’m glad Australia got a mention towards the end. My grandparents on my fathers side were born in Malta and moved to Australia in the 1930’s. 10 years ago I got my dual Maltese citizenship as I am 1/2 Maltese by blood. I’m going to visit my country for the first time in my life in 3 weeks and I’m so damn excited. It’s been a long time in the making as I’m 27 years old! All the stories my family have told me about Malta and I’ll finally be able to see and experience it for myself.

[@IceBreaker8]

How is in Malta? Are you enjoying it?

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

7:27 I laughed so hard at this bit

[@_Killkor]

Auwb'kh bhóhjk aąkh hwahhhh pleąsę k|LL m3eeee-ee'e

[@bearcatstudios6504]

Me too

[@sisud5439]

Me too

[@MrAriesRagnarok]

😂😂😂

[@subscribetotyernix5198]

MasterMazeProductions so did I!

[@apocalypsedimmortal]

1. they left the popeye village there on purpose as a tourist attraction, it's well maintained 2. Kinnie is as popular as coca cola, and it's similar to italy's chinotto both made in 1950s 3.7:28 Before arabic came the people spoke latin from their sycilian italian origin (funny skit btw) 4. First time i heard of grandayy, no idea of him

[@vinny9868]

And before Latin, it was ancient Greek.

[@maghrebmapping4281]

Grandayy is famous in the internet and famous in the west, not malta itself.

[@LexUniverse]

saying as someone who only drinks DIet Cola, it would be great if they made some DIet Kinnie :D it was too sugary for me :D

[@apocalypsedimmortal]

@@LexUniverse they have diet kinnie and kinnie zest (0 sugar, same as coke zero)

[@LexUniverse]

@@apocalypsedimmortal really? now I know what I have to try next time I come :D

[@JonasKFriedChicken]

When I went to Malta I realised a few things: Everything is beige. It literally feels like the whole country is built on and with compressed sand. The food is amazing. It's kinda North African and kinda Italian, but definitely its' own thing. The language is a trip. Looking at Maltese text feels confusing, and listening to people speaking the language doesn't leave you less confused.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

JonasK Don't send Anakin Skywalker there ;)

[@sam8331]

I agree with the Beige, It’s either beige or Really pale yellow, it doesn’t really make it look nice, but the food is amazing.

[@sam8331]

I also tried Kinnie, it made me sick for 2 days lol.

[@vaclav_fejt]

Nikolas Lloyd *loved* it there.

[@LauraC-_-816]

I love how I’m Maltese but understand this cause I’m shite at it but honestly we have some schools which are tal-Pepe as we call them which basically means those private schools that mainly speak English and are bad at Maltese We also have an international school called verdala but it’s f the most expensive in Malta We have great food like pastizzi ( pronounced pastitszi I guess) snails ( which are surprisingly good) fenek(rabbit) the Maltese sausage (which cod quite peppery) twisties Kinnie imqarun ( pronounced imugharoon I guess it’s like a mix of pasta meat and some eggs) timpana ( which is imqarun with pastry around it) ross il forn ( which is baked rice so it’s imqarun but rice instead of pasta) figoli ( which are traditional Easter pastries made with this almond filling and a cookie like outside) and many more We have horrible politics We celebrate feasts like every day We have dialects of sorts ( the gozitans have this weird way of saying stuff while some people from sliema ( slieema) or at least that’s where they mostly come from but honestly we all do it ,have the Pepe dialect meaning they switch from English to Maltese a lot We have a lot of history aka We were the most bombed country in WWII but we kept strong We don’t walk to school unless ur very close but we take the van the picks up from our homes Our football team sucks but we love the sport anyway ( literally in my maths class all they talked about was football and it was one of the answers in the exam) We have to get married in a church if we are Christian We have to learn Maltese from a young age and we have to get it to go to sixth form Oh another thing our school system and health care One the school system is different we have school till 16 6th form till 18 and university which is free btw and we get a monthly payment to go but if we don’t it’s lowered Two our health care is free cause we pay taxes Our government sucks like they killed a woman cause she spoke up about it No didn’t kill assassinated like blew up her car and it was like the town next to two schools We never win anything Most of our schools have uniforms One smart and one P.E. (Tracksuit) We always have to have two side on everything Our government doesn’t care about us or covid And they give their friends balla (a lot of) money and balla villas and yachts for no reason So basically we’re weirded but we’re proud :)

[@edgartorres5227]

I’m literally watching this cause my dna test said I had 1% múltese lol

[@Sparky82]

lol that's random haha

[@CorvusLeukos]

same but my adn said I'm 9% and I didn't know anything about Malta. I'm still trying to understand if I should do like if they were Italians, or Arab Italians... Or Arab English Italians who know some French ?? lol

[@NS_10]

Hello, welcome to the Maltese community

[@svencamilleri8131]

x 1% maltese werch mhux multese foxx demmek u dijk il 1% ta nannuk mhux tijak GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY

[@LiamEshikari]

My Grandma was Maltese. Learnt quite alot from this video. Thank you!

[@Nugcon]

My Grandayy is Maltese

[@HomieShaq]

My mom and grandparents are Maltese

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

My aunt has a Maltese friend

[@aldinramcilovic5897]

Not just Malta 🇲🇹, but like every place in Europe is full of history. From 🇵🇹 to the Ural Mountains ⛰

[@stefanc9574]

Big-Al true

[@im_so_bored3896]

yup

[@justinw4901]

André Guilherme Madeira There's always one of you, isn't there?

[@Miquelalalaa]

Big-Al Which is why we let millions of immigrants in to ‘enrich’ our culture

[@Miquelalalaa]

Jami It’s emotional manipulation, anyone can say they are a refugee and immediately regardless of how valuable they are to society or how well they will integrate they are welcomed.

[@inactive6123]

this is earliest ive ever been for an episode of geography now, glad to see you back barbs

[@itsnows7257]

JKAR03 DUDE SAME

[@aguy6771]

same

[@carmelo1509]

I recently discovered your videos and, since I am Maltese and know (almost) everything about Malta, I thought I would use this video as a litmus test: if you can get Malta right, I will trust you with the rest. And you did. Good job, and thank you.

[@blubbulb1]

Malta. perfect place for a vacation.

[@54Luca69]

Oh yeah, one of Australia’s bets AFL players (it’s an Australian only sport) comes from Malta which is pretty cool :D One of my fav episodes definitely

[@blbean9462]

Wait who??? I'm from australia and play AFL who was it???

[@DrumRoody]

WGO4 Jason dunstall

[@somebloke7260]

There is lots of Maltese people in Melbourne

[@billrobertjoe]

afl plays American football it's not australian

[@dudcats]

Ethan Peterson huh

[@paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586]

Keith open his mailbox and finds no twistees and goes home and cries in an corner and says no one loves him lol

[@snowd_nia]

Twistees aren't that good tbh. They have so much dust. Blisters are good tho.

[@malteseninja1047]

@@snowd_nia stfu and go back to playing Roblox

[@DanielBudiP-25-12-1991]

0:52 Politcal Geography 1:22 Physical Geography 6:06 Demographics 9:45 The Friend Zone

[@gingergreek]

Last youtuber I know that said 'Send me....(in this case UK chocolate bars) ended up making a video saying 'please stop sending me these. I have no room.' You Have been warned

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Knowing Keith, he's probably going to eat all of them.

[@gingergreek]

@Michael Hodil II I can't argue with that.

[@mrsteffen4692]

It remember the old days of the Italian guy who went to Malta

[@feynstein1004]

Peace on you 😂

[@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB]

son of a beach!

[@theobuniel9643]

Where is the fork!?!

[@JC05]

0:46 Wow Keith that is quite the *_Mal-teaser_* for this episode... Never change Barby....never change

[@ojay_mangion_pace4304]

This was amazing, I've seen many people butcher my country's history and culture in the past. This was a breath of fresh air. The only 'complaint' I have is the pronunciation, but I understand that it's a bit difficult to mimic , all in all good vid, keep it up

[@thomasdubbeldeman3864]

fact Malta was the heavily bombed target by the Axis powers during WW2

[@King_George_VI]

Thomas Dubbeldeman The entire island also received the highest civilian award for bravery for their endurance during said bombing

[@jerrell1169]

Don’t forget the brave 3 planes that held off the onslaught!

[@hydra4251]

KingGeorgeVI Malta even have the George cross in their flag

[@Mystakaphoros]

Yeah, Forgotten Weapons did a really cool video recently on the bomb shelters that were carved by hand into the limestone of the island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYqYaqquqrxpb8k

[@h0m3_]

Malta literally holds the world record for the heaviest sustained bombing attack at 154 days and 6,700 tons of bombs.

[@ReddoLeoMeme2401]

I've never clicked so fast to a KZbin notification. I went to Malta last year, and I really really loved the country! Greetings from Italy!

[@some1156]

Red - LeoMeme2401 Happy Ferragosto from Malta ☺️

[@rebeccabonnicirebygotitall]

Grazie! Buon Ferragosto😊

[@koootoshidayo]

*Grandayy for Maltese President*

[@DRaz-di1in]

The country turns into a meme

[@FF-ds9xw]

Stefanus Nishikata Simamora He'll declare war at Dolan Dark

[@StephenLuke]

Love from the United States of America to Malta! 🇺🇸❤️🇲🇹

[@loredanapace8]

Malta in a summary (by a maltese citizen): - twistees are good, not the best snack tho, i prefer doritos lmao - grandayyy is our god - a great number of adults/elders are fluent in italian, however english and maltese are the languages spoken universally - we get excited over the simplest things, such as being recognized on a popular yt channel ;)) - important quotes: ‘dejaqtli zobbi’ ‘int bil liba?!’ ‘Mur hudu f’sormok :)’ (don’t translate those xoxo) - EVERYONE KNOWS EACHOTHER IN MALTA - a popular snack: pastizzi. Its popular for a reason (find a pic of it you’ll see why) - Our version of 'chavs' are called 'perfs' - Every sentence must contain a swear word (it's a bad habit, dont attack us) - without tourism we'll starve, so visit us lol - i still need to find out who grandayy is irl 🤔

[@joesmith-jx4cy]

To bad I translated it Caw sinjura!

[@loredanapace8]

Ena M uh oh oops

[@shurl4604]

Pastizz ;)

[@nawressmati2378]

I understood even tho I am not maltese we share the same swear words

[@loredanapace8]

nawres smati really?? whats your language?

[@chihebbargaoui5948]

I'm Tunisian and I find Maltese language and culture very interesting, I will definitely visit Malta one day.

[@PrincessLockette]

Their language is kind of similar to yours

[@chihebbargaoui5948]

Yes, I can understand it.

[@marco_nt]

How's Tunisia doing ? Being the only Democratic Country in North Africa is pretty amazing

[@chihebbargaoui5948]

We're not doing so great currently in terms of economy, but it's great to have democracy and freedom.

[@youraverageimperialguard7932]

Marco Antônio Wow... condescending prick. There are other democratic nations in North Africa.

[@wongszelynn7443]

Malta is my favorite island country! Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾💕🇲🇹

[@hytechro2067]

Ayyyy, much love Malaysia from a Maltese person!

[@florinsimion6466]

Ok... £40 plain ticket with a return from London to Malta - booked; The main goal - get some Twistees, come back and watch Netflix as it's raining here in London.

[@allard191]

Get yourself a Pastizzi and a Cisk on arrival, trust me ;)

[@Sean-es8uw]

We can meet up!

[@caglaurper2757]

Hell yeaaaa

[@emirayub6418]

Iam half Spanish half Moroccan I went to Malta this year 🇲🇹 it was really beautiful & I could read the street signs perfectly clear as it is very similar to our dialect of Arabic also I could understand the people speaking. Good vid ❤️🇲🇦🇪🇸🇲🇹💚

[@youssefakdim7695]

Tajin for life

[@bilgekhagan3152]

Emir Ayub I wish the Ottoman turks captured the island and taught them Turkidh

[@emirayub6418]

@@bilgekhagan3152 i dont agree, i prefer them speak arabic/latin & besides they probably wouldn't of learnt Turkish as no-one outside Turkey from the ottoman empire speak Turkish today :) no disrespect tho love Turkey

[@ProBarokis]

90% of the comments: *Grandayy* 10% of the comments: other

[@flemes9615]

0.1% maltese people happy we got mentioned

[@Daan03]

ProBarokis and Im like, who is grandayy XD

[@bencris2bal511]

@@Daan03 meme lord

[@pilotgauge5641]

00.01% anomaly

[@niktherabbit6747]

10:41 Oh Lord I don't wanna know how split Malta was during EURO 2020

[@lqej7150]

Was gonna say dat

[@aidanmuscat6706]

Police had to treat it as an election

[@elise.micc1122]

It was all about England versus Italy. Schools were like war cause everyone was against each other lolol

[@ojay_mangion_pace4304]

It was explosive to say the least .

[@lizevingamos7063]

Love Malta from Norway ❤

[@ethanthedude]

Central (San Gwann) Gozo (Victoria) Northern (St. Paul’s Bay) South Eastern (Tarxien) Southern (Qormi) Malta (Valletta)

[@ThePunisher014]

Given the fact how close Malta is to Tunisia, it feels sad how there isn't much going on between the two, i never remember hearing about Tunisians travelling to Malta and vice versa, especially with the history both countries share, relations should've been better but Italy's influence is obviously huge on that island. one Maltese guy once told me he was surprised to know that he spoke Tunisian words and that i could understand him easily, they were never taught in schools that Malta was part of Tunisia for centuries thus the confusion.

[@elisaspiteri2372]

Thankyou so muchhhhh. Finally some people taking about Malta. I’m from there and almost no one knows the place.

[@Flugmorph]

oof grandayyy, the big meme boi is from malta? thats crey

[@shadysheep1984]

did you just use crey unironically?

[@Flugmorph]

shadysheep im always on several levels of irony on the internet

[@Senor_potato]

Flugmorph This youtuber guy

[@NicholasWeatherman]

I want a compilation of Keith saying town names and laughing

[@ChefRafi]

I was in Malta right before the EU party. What a beautiful place! 😊

[@unspglitched]

As a person who uses public transport regularly, I think it has a long way to improve!

[@supportersofcheguevaraandc5551]

Maltese language reminds me a lot of Tunisian dialect ( which is a mixture of many languages : Arabic , French , Italian , Spanish and most of all tamazight the language of natives north African) it's funny how Arabs think that Maltese and amazigh/ Berbers ( natives of north of Africa) are Arabs because they use Arabic words lool , greetings from Tunisia !

[@hamzahammami22]

Yeah cuz malta was part of tunisia

[@emanuelbuttigieg]

Greetings sister!

[@supportersofcheguevaraandc5551]

@@emanuelbuttigieg I'm a man :D

[@funkypharaoh5970]

who give a f about Berbers

[@FBandFootballok]

Thats because our language(Maltese) is made up of those languages and more!

[@maltesemelon4585]

I was waiting so long for you to upload this video

[@_nxghtmares4733]

Well, yes in Malta it looks like living breathing museum but now if you actually look at Malta again you'll see A LOT of cranes. It is everywhere. Some parts of Malta is still really beautiful of course, but now buildings are taking over Malta. I've seen Malta change a lot now...(i live in malta)

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

When I went there, there was old British trucks and buses everywhere kinda like Cuba, is it still like that?

[@chrismlt7150]

@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 No it's not. The building and 'cranes everywhere' is the country progressing and modernising. Pay no attention to comments such as Prai Mallia's... People such as these can take advantage of another Maltese right, and leave. Feel free to go live in a hut in the Sahara. Not a road or crane in sight. :) Also interesting to point out, that this person says stuff like that, but yet has the Hong Kong skyline as their cover photo!! Hypocritical much?!

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

Chris Eckett the old Malta was beautiful and had more of a charm

[@chrismlt7150]

@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 It still does. Having charm and being beautiful doesn't mean to have crap roads (with ridiculous traffic as a result), mega old buildings that cannot fit their purpose anymore. So because we're a small island nation, we're meant to stay small and live in a neglected doll house? Tell that to Singapore. Tell that to Hong Kong. It pisses me off that people bash the country for improvements. Even cities such as London, Paris, New York and Rome started out as villages. I love my country, and Malta is beautiful. But, improvements have to happen as in any country! What would you have us do? Commute to work in horse carriages? Live in a mud hut? Walk on roads that resemble the moon's surface? No. Malta deserves far better, and that is happening.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

Chris MLT when your city is a depressing post modern dump and all the quirks and history has been removed like mine, you’ll understand what I mean.

[@daidarabotchi3891]

Hi, Australian here! Pleased to know we have such close ties with Malta - I wasn't aware before, but I'm certainly going to look into it now. Malta seems to be a truly fascinating country. Just wanted to mention that Australia wasn't still a colony at the time of World War I (i.e. ~1910, from the video), as we'd already gained independence in 1901. Not meaning to sound nitpicky, I just know that the whole point of Geography Now is to educate people about the world around them, and I wanted to make sure that the information was available, in light of the fact that I couldn't find it already in the comments. Love the video! From Maltese fans' lovely comments, it seems like you did a pretty good job of researching such a complex place. It only makes me a little sad that Australia came so early on in the series, because they've just gotten better and better! EDIT: Okay, I just looked up Maltese Australians and apparently Shaun Micallef, one of our best comedians, is of Maltese-Irish descent! Not to mention musician siblings Nicky Bomba and Mama Kin, the former of whom was born in Malta before their family emigrated. I saw them both perform at a festival! I'm so excited. :D

[@emanuelbuttigieg]

Like 99.9 of us Maltese have Australian cousins!!!!!

[@Xxatom1c_96xX]

I'm from Malta and we say hello like this: Bongu! Anyone from Malta reply and say "I'm from Malta!".

[@margauxderoubaix]

Love to Malta 🇲🇹 from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@Void_Dweller7]

@Andrew Hatton Me too.

[@svencamilleri8131]

we love you come to zabbar gang bung yess

[@hiroIim]

thank you

[@PersianMapper]

Ayy... It's Grandayy!

[@commandolemon6340]

Praise the home of Grandayy.

[@windoak2113]

Commando Lemon63 hes from here?

[@tetoterritory]

grandayy is god (and pewdiepie)

[@anthonybaldacchino7668]

I am maltese and i am proud of my country🇲🇹🇲🇹

[@Gorantaylis]

When Malta got independence, the scaremongering British said it would never survive. They said they were over 60 times short of basic supplies such as food. How wrong they were.

[@joaquimfurtado4868]

TheSharkLord they said that for every country that independence from them

[@Damo2690]

Channel of Lords Including Scotland

[@steinarnielsen8954]

Channel of Lords Unfortunately they were right about most of them.

[@Gorantaylis]

Ireland is doing fine. Malta is doing fine. India might be poor, but is so much better off that it was under British rule. Canada is doing fine. Again, Africa might be poor, but is much, much better off that under British rule. Australia is doing brilliantly. China is doing just fine without British influence... Scaremongering seems to be a hobby of the British these days...

[@olbiomoiros]

TheSharkLord when the British conquered Cyprus they said that if the Cypriots fought for them in WW2 they would join Greece after the war. That never happened. They just used us

[@Hopeof7suns]

Your channel is my favorite thing on the whole internet

[@keitheverettshow]

Elizabeth Askander awwwwwww

[@JBTheMighty]

Fun fact in 1956 Malta had a referendum to integrate into part of the United Kingdom. This would have given them three seats in the House of Commons and would have meant most things would have been controlled by the said House of Commons while the Maltese parliament would control more social and public issues such as education and the catholic church. The referendum was approved to join 77% voted For, of a turnout of 59%. Sadly the integration never took place due to reasons financial reasons that ingratiating could have caused and Malta became independent eight years later.

[@manugenterprises5800]

👏I love it. The language also includes Hebrew, Spanish and Portuguese. Regarding the Turks in Malta, we learn that dragut did not manage to enter, however Turks are welcome in Malta, and we have several Turkish food stalls here. Thanks again a really entertaining video

[@anas3548]

I am Libyan who was born in this lovely island in 1994 - San Gwann , and can speak a bit of the language, so unique. my family and I kept related to the island since 1991, my last visit was in 2017...i wanna go back again.

[@svencamilleri8131]

ma tarax qara xtamel ejja lawnek ha twaxahna madonnaa

[@Eric_Evers]

ITS FINALLY HERE, you have no idea how long i've been waiting for my country lol, the wait is worth it tho

[@matchasketch8224]

Eric Evers Just curious are there any (east) Asians living in Malta? I was wondering if I would experience racism there🤔? It seems like such a beautiful place to go 😍

[@Eric_Evers]

J.J. Wang I do see many Asians around the island, mainly around touristic spots, However you don’t need to worry about racism

[@some1156]

I’ve encountered many asian women that come here alone and can barely speak english, it baffles as I would’t have the courage to do that myself

[@some1156]

And yea I see a lot of filipinos here

[@jakefarrugia4604]

Ilalla kemm nitnejjku bic cinizi 😂😂

[@RRW359]

"Most of you probably know about Malta because of the Maltese dog" I can't be the only person who played (and actually enjoyed) Age Of Empires 3 as a kid.

[@SamFreelancePolice]

or the Europe Universalis series

[@hellspawner8410]

Bahh best AOE games were 1 and 2. They completely slaughtered the others

[@RRW359]

@@hellspawner8410 3 was good if like I did you started with it and then played the first two.

[@hellspawner8410]

@@RRW359 honestly speaking they ruined the game for me when I'm used to play it with units and structures looking in a certain way compared to having those same units graphically looking in a different way. Just doesn't cut it for me

[@RRW359]

@@hellspawner8410 Some people complain when there isn't enough changes (there was backlash towards RCT2 back in the day for it not being much different from RCT1) and others complain when there it too much change. By 2005 most if not all RTS's were 3d, and while it got mixed reviews I don't remember nearly as much hate towards Age of Mythology as there was towards AOE3.

[@jeanelle1795]

On 5:53 as a Maltese the way she said pastizzi wasn't normal for me but still an amazing video and thank you for talking about our beautiful island malta!

[@MarkSultanaX2]

0:00 Yes! 0:52 Very understandable 1:30 Hey you remebered them too! 1:59 oh the pronounctiation hurts my maltese ears 2:56 this is why I love you barbs 4:22 Rip it-tieqa 5:54 again the pronounciation 9:35 britney spears too? i didin't know that one

[@mariamicallef8151]

4:22 ommi ma xi dwejraq

[@MarkSultanaX2]

Maria Micallef I see what you did there.

[@AlexYorim]

9:27 Ayyyyy

[@decats2121]

Malta is a country I actually consider going to.

[@ellienixon3437]

GRANDAAAAAAAAAY

[@cosmosapiens216]

Grandee

[@xavgieling]

Im maltese and im really happy that my country gets this credit🤍❤️

[@patrickjosephgamboa187]

Wow! Malta is basically Historymania. So many historic places and things. Love to visit there one day Btw, congrats on the house!

[@Ionician01]

Fun fact: divorce was only legalized in Malta in 2011, the last European country besides VC to do so.

[@Ionician01]

BlazingFire_07 I Said in Europe, and I said besides the Vatican.

[@KieranDoesYT]

I'm from Malta, Twisties are really good! 🇲🇹

[@EpicB]

What are Twisties anyway?

[@KieranDoesYT]

Bruh, they are literally a Maltese snack-ish food... Kind of like American Cheetos, never tasted those

[@autotechxbox163]

When I think of Malta, I instantly think of the Knights Templar.

[@tanja97]

The Knights Templar never came to Malta. The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, or as they are known, The Knights of Malta, however, do have a connection. Also to note, the Knights Templar have perished, while the Knights of Malta are still standing... somewhere.

[@hmmm9658]

the amount of star forts is crazy

[@ericfartman5624]

*HeyGrandayy!! send my dude some Twisties*

[@anisalial-maghrabi3215]

I love Malta ❤ from Libya 🇱🇾

[@svencamilleri8131]

libja yess alla hu akbar habibi :))

[@juliuscaesar3458]

@@svencamilleri8131 What ??

[@nichtwichtig210]

Isn't Grandayy from Malta?

[@feynstein1004]

Interesting channel name

[@hndrk9186]

Feynstein 100 Nah. The channel name isn't that important

[@feynstein1004]

+Draco Malfoy I see what you did there :D

[@farros7284]

Yeah hes a maltese

[@namenamename390]

Yes, it's even mentioned in the video...

[@cgrima117]

Absolutely great video. I only spotted one very important mistake in the history section. For some strange reason you mention the turks, but Malta ( unlike many other European countries ) never ever fell under Turkish rule. The Maltese won the great siege of 1565. At no point was Malta part of the ottoman empire. The rest is perfect. Very very well done :)

[@faristaj2326]

Malta, home to the best meme maker of all time!

[@faristaj2326]

AJ Horace Dolan Dark is a meme robber!

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

He is a meme thief with an rusuan duck bot farm

[@robbiebalboa]

I'm born in Australia, my mother was born in England to a Maltese mother who was born in Egypt, My father side is has Italian heritage. I feel so Maltese right now.

[@JacobH-zu1lb]

That military order is the Knights of Saint John, who fought in the crusades. They had made numerous appearances in the Total War franchise. There's an interesting gaming fact. Just for kicks, Malta has appeared as a map in War Thunder. Can't wait to learn more about them! Keep doing what you're doing.

[@cesartheimperator3525]

Well, you can also mentions Europa Universalis, it has an event chain linked to Malta and the knights of Saint John

[@totallynot0something047]

YOU GOT A HOLE IN YOUR RIGHT WING

[@302wabi]

it is even mentioned in Age of Empires 3 on the first mission :P

[@hydra4251]

Barbs how could you completely disregard Malta in WW2? The island was strategically important in the Mediterranean. It was heavily bombed for two years by the German and Italians. The island was awarded the George Cross by King George VI for its bravery throughout the siege.

[@bofinn7613]

He'll cover it on flag friday

[@Husarz68]

Barb always cuts history to a minimum :( I think he could mention interesting episodes... PS: I hope that my country (Poland) will be an exception, because it is difficult to understand us without knowing our history

[@NyomiHendon]

It's GEOGRAPHY NOW not History Now

[@Husarz68]

Yes, yes ... maybe you're right, but unlike the US, you will not understand many nations if you do not know their history (not all, but at least the most important parts). PS: Look how GEOGRAPHY of Poland has changed over the centuries;)... haha, I wrote it and saw that it is really not only a GEOGRAPHY, but a GEOGRAPHY NOW: D ...so who is creating a new channel about history, Noah?