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Dean Kalimniou

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FORGETTING CYPRUS

Over the course of the four decades since the invasion and occupation of Cyprus by Turkey, the nature of it has gradually been transformed.

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Greeks and their Glendi

When the Greeks of Oakleigh indulge in their glendi, they do so with an infinite amount of joie vis a vis their own collective and particular vivre.

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Olympian Saturday story-telling

Olympian Society has realised that if suburban clubs are to remain relevant in the future, they will need to make themselves accessible to local needs.

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40 YEARS OF PONTIAKI ESTIA

Defying the trend of Greek organisations that gradually become more insular, Estia has extended its guest friendship to the wider community.

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ΠΙΝΑΚΙΔΑ

The fascinating stories behind ‘Greek’ license plates in Victoria.

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On Macedonians, Chaldeans and other figments of our imagination

While ancient history has been used as an anachronism to imagine a nation, it is not the only determinant of ethnic or national consciousness. Politics too plays a major role.

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Egyptians, Greeks and Anzacs

It is hoped that the Coptic contribution to the ANZAC cause becomes more widely known and more broadly studied in years to come.

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ΠΕΠΛΟΝ

Making use of the veil as the symbol of the enlightenment of ‘Greece and the west’ compared with the darkness of the ‘east’ is unhelpful, as well as historically inaccurate.

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Kyria Lioliou

Dean Kalimniou reflects on his Greek school teacher, Kyria Lioliou; a beacon of love to which all children (and teenagers, despite themselves) gravitated.

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Speaking English to Greeks in March

The biggest challenge for Speak Greek in March is the first generation’s insistence on speaking broken English.

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