The Ghost Mountains
It was December 9, 2019, when I phoned Pavlos Pavlidis, the forensic doctor at Alexandroupolis University Hospital, to ask him about two refugees found in the Soufli area, dead from the cold. "Six were Antonis, not two. Two Somali women found themselves hugging together in the bushes in Feres ...
An Astrophysicist Who Is Inspired by «Chaos and Disorder»
Ioannis Seiradakis is an exceptional scientist, Professor of Astrophysics at Aristotle University in Salonika research member of the Antikithiron Machine,which is the first computer in history. He inspires respect the moment he says,” Good day.”
Pictures: Dora Topalidou (www.brightside.gr)
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The 63 dead people are the new macabre record of the Evros region
On New Year’s Eve, an email with the title “Urgent”, arrived in the inbox of Humanstories.gr. It was sent, by Hamza, from Morocco. "It is urgent. I am sending you this message because we are looking for the body of my brother, who probably died in Greece," the message began and continued: "He ...
“I became a wine archaeologist in Kazaviti of Thassos”
The sun is slowly setting on the horizon, on the island of Thasos, and Alex and Audrey, sitting on the balcony of the tavern "Giannis" in Kazaviti, gaze at the sunset and discuss what can accompany the wines that have opened in front of them. Alexander Heer is a German winemaker and Audrey is a ...
The heroine “Woman of Olympus”
My admiration for the women of Olympus does not allow me to discriminate. Olympus is a special place. An autonomous place and as the locals proudly say, the only product they needed to import is sugar. Everything else is made by themselves. From the bread, and the clothes, to their shoes (the ...
Don Quixote and Staramaki
On August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King, in front of 250,000 peace and human rights protesters, chanted the legendary "I have a dream." The Societies and history evolving from people who have a dream and who stubbornly pursue it, even if to others they look like modern Don ...
Breathless in Pazarkule
The pain is acute and lasts. The lungs appear unable to fill with enough air. You are drowning and you think that you will die. The sounds and images around you seems to be moving slowly. You are wondering what are you doing there. Why are you in this situation? The Turkish military guards, ...
The dancing pencil
Every product of an artist, must be the expression of an adventure of his soul ". Somerset Maugham, a British writer, once said. Elina Papathanassiou, has been painting since she can remember. Her workplace is full of colors. Small and large brushes. Thin and thick. Brushes and pencils. Lots of ...
When lack of means, leads to innovation
Afghanistan is a poor country. However, it is a country that cares about its inhabitants as much as possible and tries to do its best on purpose to maintain their health.
Lately, the days and nights of the Afghan people are haunting by a nightmare. The nightmare of coronavirus (COVID 19). This ...
Skyros also comes alive in the winter
victims, events and traditions take to the streets, self-mutilating and daring, revolting and revolting in a puddle of colors and more… The streets of Skyros are flooded with groups of disguised people of all ages, who are fascinated by mystery and mystery.
The dominant figure was Elder and ...
Two worlds confronted in Moria. Jungle VS – local community
Rashid is sitting with his friends at the edge of the slope, on some pallets and wood. He is over 60 years old and as he says, that he was an officer in the Afghan army. He has lost his left eye in one of the battles against Taliban. He was already one week in Lesvos, in the Moria camp before ...
