Abstract

A large-scale educational intervention was implemented for the past 13 years (1997-2010). The aim of the project is to fight school failure and promote social inclusion of the Muslim minority children in Western Thrace –a Νorth-Εastern province in Greece. The nature of this project may be educational but its real essence is deeply political. While the main task is the development of educational materials, the training of teachers and extensive educational work with the community, the core of this work is the accommodation of the political demands of a deep and defiant diversity. The present paper informed by a cross-disciplinary theoretical background places the various activities, in and out of the school setting, in its social and historical context.