On 24 July 2015 I visited my pappou’s village Agia Irini (Akdeniz) for the last time this year. After arriving back from a short break on Crete late the night before, my travel partners James and Alex and I got up early and hit the road. We crossed at the Kermia border crossing and made our way to the village […]
On 15 July 2015 my interpreter and I travelled to Episkopi to interview a Greek-Cypriot couple from Agia Irini – Kostas and Irini. Kostas is my great-uncle Iordanis’ childhood friend and koumbaro. We were told to go to a pharmacy and ask for directions when we arrived in Episkopi. A lady drew us a map and we eventually found the […]
On a sweltering hot day on the 14th of July 2015, I visited the village of my yiayia (grandmother) – Polis Chrysochous. I interviewed my Aunt Anastasia, who told me some fascinating stories of what the village was like both before and after the 1974 war. Anastasia was born in 1949 and remembers making flaounes (Cypriot Easter bread) and giving […]
On 13 July 2015 I visited Morphou again. I interviewed several Turkish Cypriot men that day, three of whom were refugees from Polis Chrysochous in the Greek-Cypriot south of Cyprus who settled in Morphou after the 1974 war. Artam was a lively and warm man who was affectionate and very open about his life. Born in 1944, Artam grew up […]
Stories of Friendship from Cyprus 
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