Dean Kalimniou
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Diatribe: Krapopolis and Krapopoulos – Delving into the excremental
I don’t mind the premise of the animated series “Krapopolis.” Using an emerging civilisation based on ancient Greece in order to satirise the dysfunctionality of the modern age and the …
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Una faccia una razza meets Dimitria
A Greek festival with an Italian name may appear incongruous if not for the fact that the Italian expression: One Face, One Race, has made it into the Greek language …
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Diatribe: ‘ΚΛΑΔΕΥΜΑ’
The sky was so heavy that day, that it sagged sodden onto my shoulders sending a biting wind to lacerate the exposed parts of my flesh. A day earlier I …
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Diatribe: The Grand refusal – Cavafy and the Referendum
In the lead up to the Australian referendum on the Aboriginal Voice to Parliament, I have been re-reading Cavafy, whosepoem “Che Fece … Il Gran Rifiuto,” sometimes translated in English …
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 v Kings Of Mykonos: An appreciation
When I learned that volume three of Nia Vardalos’ film franchise was to be unleashed upon the unsuspecting populace, I admit to hoping that it would be a courtroom drama. …
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Diatribe: The Wall
«Ο δρόμος είχε την δική του ιστορία Κάποιος την έγραψε στον τοίχο με μπογιά… Ύστερα κύλησ’ ο καιρός κι η ιστορία Πέρασε εύκολα απ’ τη μνήμη στην καρδιά…»| I don’t …
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Diatribe: Indictus
My friend Andoni married Shayne’s sister over a decade ago now but I will never forget the manner I was introduced to him soon after the marriage took place. Sitting …
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Diatribe: Funding ethnic villains
The recent news that a Croatian club that openly displays paraphernalia relating to the fascist Ustashe regime has been the recipient of significant amounts of government funding has created consternation …
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Kat Theophanous: Censured for Cyprus and principle
Recently, according to the United Nations, angry Turkish Cypriots punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who in accordance with their duties, legally obstructed crews working on a road …
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Diatribe: A farewell to Robert
How does one bestow words upon sorrow? In which language can one speak to the dead? There are key questions raised by Vrasidas Karalis in his elegiac “Farewell to Robert,” …