
Our NIM Culture Café get-togethers are informal gatherings designed to bring people together from diverse backgrounds to share, celebrate, and learn about different cultures. They provide a welcoming and inclusive space where individuals can engage in meaningful conversations, exchange experiences, and build connections through food, music, art, and storytelling.
The aim of these events is to introduce Malta’s history, culture, and customs while fostering cultural awareness, understanding, and appreciation. By encouraging open discussions and activities that showcase traditions, customs, and perspectives from around the world, the Culture Café helps strengthen community ties in a relaxed and friendly environment. These gatherings are particularly valuable for fostering intercultural dialogue, promoting social cohesion, and creating opportunities for personal growth through shared experiences. Participants benefit by gaining new cultural insights, expanding their social networks, and developing a deeper appreciation of the diverse communities that make up Maltese society.
Apart from a few exceptions, our Culture Café get-togethers take place at Ta’ Detta Restaurant, which also serves as the Sede Social of NWAMI International Malta. The venue is easily identifiable by a plaquette bearing the organisation’s logo at the entrance. Located at the historic Valletta Waterfront, Ta’ Detta provides the perfect setting for these events. Once a bustling hub of maritime trade, the Valletta Waterfront has long been a gateway for cultural exchange, making it an ideal place for NWAMI International Malta’s mission to promote cross-cultural understanding and meaningful connections. Against this picturesque backdrop, our Culture Cafés continue the tradition of bringing people together through shared experiences, fostering a spirit of unity and collaboration in an ever-diversifying Malta.
Culture Café: “Celebrating Love: Wedding Customs Across Continents and Cultures" with Gail Debono
7 June 2025 | 10:30 am | Ta Detta Restaurant, Valletta Waterfront
Join us for a heart-warming and thought-provoking Culture Café as we explore the theme: Celebrating Love – Wedding Customs Across Continents and Cultures. From colourful traditions to contemporary ceremonies, we’ll journey through the diverse ways love and commitment are honoured around the world.Culture Café 26th April 2025 Theme: “The Chocolate Connection: Bridging Cultures with Cocoa”
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Join us for a captivating Culture Café as we delve into the fascinating world of chocolate and its profound ability to bridge cultures. Renowned food scientist & chocolatier Àmer Wahoud, the visionary behind Sunday in Scotland, will guide us through a unique chocolate-tasting experience and share his journey of reinventing the chocolate experience with his exquisite artisan creations. Together with Àmer Wahoud we will explore chocolate’s extraordinary role in connecting diverse traditions and societies throughout history.
From its sacred significance in the rituals of ancient Mayan and Aztec civilisations to its introduction to Europe and eventual rise as a global delicacy, we’ll examine cocoa’s historical, cultural, and culinary evolution. The discussion will highlight how chocolate has been a medium of cultural exchange and a symbol of shared human connection across continents and generations. Contribution per person € 15
Culture Café Special Theme: “Voices of Remembrance: A Tribute to Resilience and Culture”
Culture Café Special Theme: “Voices of Remembrance: A Tribute to Resilience and Culture”
Culture Cafe: "Patterns of the World: Textiles & Culture"
Culture Café with Matteo Privitelli “The Valletta Waterfront – Historical Narratives and Malta’s Independence”

Culture Cafe to Spotlight ‘Modern Malta – its Art & Culture’ with Mariella Pisani Bencini
We are delighted to announce that our upcoming Culture Cafe event will take place on 22 June 2024, themed ‘Modern Malta – its Art & Culture’, with the esteemed Mariella

“Let’s Discuss Fashion – Influences of Culture & Ethnic Heritage” with Sonette Aboud
Our 2023 Culture Cafe Series started on 12th of April with a Culture Café Special themed . The event was held at our social hub at Ta’ Detta Restaurant. https://youtu.be/Zn3Vm8fheNECultural

Teddy Stories
For our second NIM Culture Cafe we had the honour to have with us H. E. Ms Linda Scott, High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia, Hon. Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi,

Launch of our NIM Culture Café Series: Custom of Easter Egg Painting
The event was facilitated by Dame Anna Porcheddu and our Lithuanian guest, Vaiva Šiaučiulytė, who brought some beautifully decorated eggs. In Lithuania, egg painting involves the whole family sitting around