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The Untold Stories of Cyprus' Buffer Zone
In this video we explore the Green Line of Cyprus. The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarized zone, patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), that was established in 1964 and extended in 1974 after the ceasefire of 16 August 1974, following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and the de facto partition of the island into the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus (excluding the British Sovereign Base Areas) and the largely unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the north. The zone, also known as the Green Line (Greek: Πράσινη Γραμμή, Prasini Grammi; Turkish: Yeşil Hat), stretches for 180 kilometres (112 miles) from Paralimni in the east to Kato Pyrgos in the west, where a separate section surrounds Kokkina.
The dividing line is also referred to as the Attila Line, named after Turkey's 1974 military intervention, codenamed Operation Attila. The Turkish army has built a barrier on the zone's northern side, consisting mainly of barbed-wire fencing, concrete wall segments, watchtowers, anti-tank ditches, and minefields. The zone cuts through the centre of Nicosia, separating the city into southern and northern sections. In total, it spans an area of 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi), varying in width from less than 20 metres (66 ft) to more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi). After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Nicosia remains the last divided capital in Europe. Some 10,000 people live in several villages and work on farms located within the zone; the village of Pyla is famous for being one of the few remaining villages in Cyprus where Greek and Turkish Cypriots still live side by side. Other villages are Deneia, Athienou, and Troulloi. Some areas are untouched by human interference and have remained a safe haven for flora and fauna.
This is not a regular city walk, but a passage through a town frozen in time. It will give you an insight into the current situation of the Buffer Zone “Green Line” off the beaten track, on streets that are hard to discover without the experience of a local guide. You will see the Venetian walls and how they form a border around the old city, so unusual that once seen on a map will never be forgotten as a design synonymous with the unique shape of this ancient fortification.
On our walk we will explore the south side of the city and follow the infamous “Green line” that cuts through the center, separating the city into southern and northern sections. This division has kept the two major communities, of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots apart for more than four decades. Our journey begins at the Ledra Palace hotel known in its era as the largest and most majestic hotel in the capital.
You will witness life having evolved along either side of this schism, something once impossible to do until recent agreements between the two sides to open border crossings. We will explore Ledra street located at the heart of the aforementioned walled city now once again rekindled to one of the most popular pedestrian commercial streets accented by abandoned buildings reclaimed by nature through decades of lost time scarred by bullet holes, military outposts and barricades.
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Refugees vs The West - The Westerners
Is it really true that all refugees are eager to travel to the west? Willem Timmers meets refugees in Lebanon who do not think about going to Europe. He also finds migrants who have returned after a stay in our free West did not please.
Willem hangs out with Adham, a Lebanese who runs his own aid organization in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli. Adham finds it better if refugees are helped as much as possible in Lebanon, by Lebanese who understand the Syrians much better than Europeans.
Financial assistance from the West for the refugees is most welcome. But according to Adham, it is a problem that Western aid organizations are often morally too elevated. They come, for example, to campaign for abortion, which is contrary to the local culture. That kind of phenomena is a thorn in Adham's eye, just like the international NGOs who come to give clown lessons when the real question should be: 'Will we first give these children shoes and food?'
Farouk, a well-known Adhamian who returned to Lebanon after a disappointing stay in Germany: The people there are just cold and individualistic.
The point of view of the refugees over our western lives is a real eye opener.
Day and night, one of our program makers follows remarkable young people who take us into their world. A world that is no longer waiting for Western ideals. Partying, hating, loving, praying and working: we experience adventures with people who are different in life than we are; looking for new ideas, amazing insights and totally different truths.
The westerners step out of their own comfort zone, directly into someone else's existence elsewhere. With an open mind, sharpness, empathy and humor they attract people who are completely different in life. Each and every one of them act from their own perspective and also have to criticize Western ideals such as democracy, religious freedom, women's emancipation or animal welfare. This leads to astonishing insights and confrontations with other truths, on which own prejudices can be tested and perhaps also revised.
Looking beyond our own navel, beyond our Western dogmas - to be able to reflect on what it actually means to be 'Western'. The Westerners combine participatory journalism with telling stories that surprise, move and defy our world view.
One Westerner, one week, somewhere in the world in a completely different culture, challenging the western privilege. With: Nicolaas Veul, Maral Noshad Sharifi, Eva Cleven, Willem Timmers and Stef Biemans
Presented by: Maral Noshad Sharifi, Stef Biemans, Willem Timmers, Nicholas Veul, Eva Cleven,
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INSIDE THE ABANDONED GHOST TOWNS OF SYRIA ????????
Exploring the Abandoned Ghost Towns of Syria near Idlib.
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The History of Cyprus - Medieval to Modern
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The Power of Humanity: How to Prevent War and Genocide
The 2020 Aurora Dialogues Online event, “The Power of Humanity: How to Prevent War and Genocide”, was held on September 22, 2020. This event brought together two outstanding panelists, Mirza Dinnayi, 2019 Aurora Prize Laureate, and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Huber, former Council President of the Evangelical Church in Germany. The discussion was moderated by Georg Garlichs, CEO of ESMT Berlin. The event was hosted by the Global Perspectives Initiative in partnership with the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, ESMT Berlin and Stiftung Garnisonkirche Potsdam within the Aurora Dialogues Online.
Surviving & Thriving During VUCA Conditions
We have had a bunch of folks ask for our recommendations on the practical and tactical of surviving and thriving, so we hosted a zoom call on Friday afternoon that went into some depth on what we’ve learned guiding expeditions in remote corners of Nepal and Tibet (and managing super sick students in wildly remote terrain), leading off-grid basecamps for months at a time in the forest (no electricity or refrigeration), tracking the emergency responsiveness of the Burning Man community, and being privy to a bunch of high level off-line dialogues with three letter agency, DC, WHO, SOCOM, existential risk friends.
If you’re curious on how to move from analysis/paralysis to taking calm and considered next steps these days, feel free to check it out. We’re doing this for our community because it might be helpful and keep more of you––leaders of families and communities and companies––heads up and helpful.
The MENA Region in Transition, Horasis Global Meeting 2021
The Middle-East and North African nations are currently experiencing a new dynamism. What new dialogues are needed across the region to initiate novel cooperative frameworks? What new institutions are needed to help guide the MENA region’s developments across all fronts? Who will lead the group forward?
• Tarek Adel, Ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom, Egypt
• Omar Al-Nahar, Ambassador of Jordan to the United Kingdom, Jordan
• Mansoor Abulhoul, Ambassador of the UAE to the United Kingdom, UAE
• Rami Mortada, Ambassador of Lebanon to the United Kingdom, Lebanon
• Jamie Bowden, Director, Conservative Friends of Middle-East & North Africa (Comena), UK
• Clovis Meath Baker, Director, Conservative Friends of Middle-East & North Africa (Comena), UK
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• Mohamed Amersi, Chairman, Conservative Friends of Middle-East & North Africa (Comena), UK
#HorasisAsia 2018: The Future of Asian Geopolitics
This populous region involves potential antagonisms. How can these be faced, understood andacknowledged so derive a better future for all? What are the major issues? How can business influences overcome geopolitical tensions?
• Mayra Andrea, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CIpta Graha Holding, Indonesia
• Kobsak Chutikul, Former Ambassador and Member of Parliament, Thailand
• Fui Soong, Chief Executive Officer, CENSE, Malaysia
• Harukata Takenaka, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
• Ton Nu Thi Ninh, President, Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation, Vietnam
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• Siddharth Poddar, Founder and Managing Editor, StoneBench, Singapore
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I Have Seen the Earth Change : Jordan, Promised Land... Of Thirst
Jordan is the 4th dryest country in the world. The lack of water has been a recurrent issue in this region. But the climate change has lead to a dramatic situation with a water deficit estimated to over 500 million m3 a year. The Kingdom has taken drastic measures to fight back: 90% of the rain is collected and the government has a strict water distribution program. These solutions are sadly not enough, as the Jordan population grows at a 3% rate a year and has seen half a million Iraqi refugees settle in this region.
Present Tense: Conflict and Diplomacy I Alex Ellis, Bruno Macaes, Ugo Astuto & Huma Abedin
Present Tense: Conflict and Diplomacy I Alex Ellis, Bruno Macaes, Ugo Astuto and Huma Abedin in conversation with Riva Das Ganguly
The long history of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is reflected in the recent military attacks on the latter, a precarious state of diplomacy, and the suffering of millions in the throes of a global crisis. How do nations negotiate strategic and moral imperatives, pragmatic realities, national objectives, and conflict mitigation? A distinguished panel discusses the dimensions of a defining crisis of the modern world.
Bruno Maçães is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and a former politician in Portugal. He is the author of several books on international affairs, including The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order, Belt and Road: The Sinews of Chinese Power and History Has Begun. Maçães is a regular commentator on the international media and advises some of the world's leading companies on geopolitics and technology.
Ugo Astuto’s career in the Italian Foreign Service spans experience in the Embassies in Nairobi and London, in the Permanent Representation in Brussels and in the Embassy in Delhi, where he served as Deputy Head of Mission. From February 2013 until July 2016, he was seconded to the European External Action Service in Brussels, first as Director for South and South-East Asia and then as Deputy Managing Director/Director for Asia and the Pacific. From July 2016 to September 2019, he was the Principal Director for Asia in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. Astuto is the Ambassador of the European Union to India since October 2019.
Huma Abedin has spent her entire career in public service and national politics, beginning as an intern in First Lady Hillary Clinton’s office in 1996. After four years in the White House, she worked in the US Senate as Senior Advisor to Senator Clinton, as Traveling Chief of Staff for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, and Deputy Chief of Staff at the US Department of State in 2009. Huma served as Vice Chair of Hillary for America in 2016, resulting in the first woman elected nominee of a major political party. She currently serves as Hillary Clinton’s Chief of Staff, and is The New York Times bestselling author of Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds.
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Securing the Public, who is in Charge?
Keynote presented by Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center
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EXPO CHICAGO 2016 /Dialogues: Documenta 14: Looking South
Featuring Artists Irena Haiduk, Claire Pentecost and Angelo Plessas. Moderated by Dieter Roelstraete, Curator | Documenta 14.
A roundtable devoted to Documenta, the quinquennial exhibition of contemporary art held in Kassel since 1955; Roelstraete will moderate a conversation between participants from past Documenta editions and artists taking part in the upcoming 14th iteration, which will take place simultaneously in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany. Discussing the exhibition’s temporary relocation to the crisis-stricken Greek capital in particular, this panel will focus on large-scale exhibition making and globalized art practice in relation to intensifying socio-economic instability and uncertainty. Presented in partnership with Goethe Institut Chicago.
An American Explains What it's Like to Live in Cyprus
Walker Rowe explains what Cyprus is like and what it's like to live there.
This video is funny, informative, and has lots of nice pictures.
Music performed by the duduk soloist VANGA.
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Syrian refugee photo exhibition - Cyprus
the photography exhibition of Johny Kondakjian, a photographer, which present photographs material of life in refugee camps.
the photos are taken in the refugees camps in Lebanon during his volunteering in project ( Lahza 2 ) by Dar al mussawer and Zakira association funded by UNICEF.
Johny Kondakjian is an Armenian born and raised in Aleppo, Syria, working as a professional freelance photographer. He distinguishes from the rest of his kind as he is one of the few who enters areas of conflict and witnesses as well as documents the situation of refugees in the Middle East.
The event is organised by the Humanitarian Aid Program, a non-governmental organisation based in Cyprus, established by students of UCLan Cyprus, under the mentoring of academics. It aims at raising awareness on the rights of vulnerable groups.
The event is taking place under the auspices of The International Organization for Migration IOM Cyprus.
Successful photo exhibition of refugees at UCLan University in Pyla
The photo exhibition of refugees, Johny Kondakjian, Armenian photographer born in Aleppo, Syria, was celebrated with great success, the inauguration of which was held on 25 January 2019 at the University of UCLan Cyprus in Pyla. The subject of the exhibition was life in refugee camps, mainly in the Middle East. The event was held under the auspices of the International Organization for Immigration of Cyprus and was organized by the Humanitarian Aid Program, a non-governmental organization run by academics under the auspices of UCLan Cyprus students.
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Tourism vs. Terrorism
In light of last week's attacks in Paris, I wanted to share my thoughts on how that should affect your decision to travel.
If you have any questions or are ready to start planning your next trip, get in touch - julia@traveljuliasway.com! I love planning great days in dream destinations for busy people who have graduated from the DIY backpacker days of travel, but still want to find the je ne sais quoi of a destination.
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Csaba Szaló: Migrations: Between Uncertainty and Evidence, FSS 4.12.2015 #munitv
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Antarctica: The Last Wilderness On Earth
Visiting Antarctica is an experience unlike any other. A world of towering ice, waddling penguins, and giant whales await those lucky enough to visit. Let the Antarctic experts guide you on your journey to the 7th continent. Visit for more information.
Ever-Changing Istanbul | A day in the Arab District of Turkey's Metropolis
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Today I head to Fatih, the home of one of the largest Arabic immigrant groups in Istanbul. After civil wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, Istanbul has become a home to migrants in search of ways in Europe. Many, while waiting for asylum papers, end of living in Turkey for years. Many decide to stay. With millions of Arabs coming into Turkey, what will be the effects of this exchange, only time will tell.
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