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The home where I was born, even though now strangers are in it..
The home where I was born, even though now strangers are in it..

Villages in Cyprus - Occupied Nicosia, Nicosia

Five million years ago, Nicosia emerged from the seabed between the Troodos and Pentadaktylos mountains, thus joining them creating the Mesaoria plain.

It was the first area to be settled by humans in Cyprus. Being far from the shores, they were not threatened by the raiders that visited ...

District: Nicosia
So what if strangers’ feet walked along your streets...
So what if strangers’ feet walked along your streets...

Occupied area of Cyprus - Kerynia 1 - Kerynia

Kyrenia… a town that has not ever slept for forty years. A Town, not any town but the Town of Kyrenia, built on the north beaches of Cyprus from thousands of years ago.

A Town that has been crucified to wash out all the sins of the worldwide politics.

Kyrenia… a Town that I have n...

District: Kerynia
The small dam of Lefka at the Setrachos river
The small dam of Lefka at the Setrachos river

Dams in Cyprus - Lefka Dam - Occupied Cyprus

The small dam in the Lefka township which is occupied by the Turkish forces, is built on the ‘road’ of the Setrachos river which traverses the Marathasa valley.

The river’s waters, were from the Ottoman empire, the ‘bone of contention’ between the residents of the villages that it crossed...

District: Nicosia