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This is the first refugee stamp which is not "Black on White" or "White on Black". (see the 1984 stamp). Its power of expression is noticeably reduced. The background colour has changed thus reducing its emotional intensity and the sensation that it…

Lord, Tomorrow, let not
Our bread be made
Of ashes or scorched earth
Nor kneaded in blood
To soften it.
(Poem by Zhtaro, translated by B. Mihranian)

An excerpt from the play "Mass in Phaneromeni Church" by Zhtaro:

Left Chorister (A Refugee)

"There’s no island on the waves,
Only lamentations,
There’s no bread in this land,
Only pain,
Where is my land
Land of Love and Truth,…

Many harbors resemble embraces, but Kyrenia’s above all; the tightest, the warmest and the sweetest. I will never forget the small harbor of Kyrenia… The only thing I could do on learning of the destruction that came about was to say and to…

Kyrenia (poem)
I Admired your looks and your dense hair
The sea mirrors your looks every day
The Mountain - your husband - is right to be jealous
Embracing you, he won’t let you go
For you’re the best of the daughters of…

George Seferiades (1900-1971) who was better known as George Seferis was the most distinguished Greek poet of the 1930 s. A poet and a diplomat he wrote lyrical poetry and the Mythistorema in 1953. He served as Greece’s ambassador to Lebanon…

A small bird flies out of Karpassia Crying slowly, crying softly Crying at noon Crying at his fate .At all its impositions. Niki Ladaki Philippou "Manoulla Kypriotissa"
(Translated by B. Mihranian)

"The little treasure house of Antifonitis Monastery,… has sustained the most comprehensive looting and damage..."... "We managed to check 26 villages in all…. Since graveyards are usually some way outside the village these were checkable and, in…

When I entered George’s house for the first time I was impressed by the walking stick which was hanging in his sitting room. It was unusual and out of place. I suspected it was something special for him and made a point of asking him. One day I…

To a questionnaire put to the refugees and conducted by Nadia Theodorou, regarding entertainment in general before and after the invasion, and their wishes, they gave, in many instances, more than one answer as follows:
Entertainment Before After…