Dean Kalimniou
Dialogue –
When a Greek business closes or vanishes, we feel we are all diminished
My Melburnian geography is one of lost Greek landmarks. As I drive down the main drag of my suburb, I look at the thriving Greek restaurants and commemorate the demise …
Dialogue –
Valdman’s Greek tragedy is sympathetic not condescending
The almost apocalyptic catastrophe afflicting Athens recently is truly immense. Over 80 people have perished and hundreds more have suffered terrible wounds reminiscent of the 1922 Smyrna conflagration. Is this …
Dialogue –
Famagusta Regina: The work of Cypriot poet Kyriakos Charalambides in context
Ours is a world based on speed and consumption, or rather, speed of consumption. Daily, we are assailed by messages telling us which products to buy, which stars to emulate, …
News –
Tensions at the Justice for Cyprus rally
Unprecedented tensions erupted at the annual Justice for Cyprus March on Sunday, as local members of the group ‘United Greeks’ (Ενωμένοι Έλληνες – EE) widely considered to be affiliated to …
Dialogue –
Dances with Greeks
Recently, I observed the performance of one of the more skilled Greek dance groups in Melbourne, one that takes great pains to master every single detail of the dances of …
Dialogue –
On the origins of saviours
“Let’s forget about Alexander the Great, for a while,” my Bitolan interlocutor exclaimed in exasperation. For the past hour, he had been trying, via various spurious means to ‘prove’ to …
Dialogue –
Macedonian maladroitness
In the 90s, which is the time that most Greek-Melburnians became aware of the ‘Macedonian’ issue, the natural inclination of the community was to express its solidarity with the Greek …
Features –
The magic of pillows
The illustration accompanying this article has been supplied by my five-year-old daughter, drawn two days after she attended the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) Creative Drama and …
Dialogue –
Macedonia malign
Though the omens were there for those who could read them, it was an article in what is now the oldest newspaper of northern Greece, Macedonia, that provided the spark …