Mary Sinanidis
Dialogue –
Misogyny is a Greek word too: Greece performs badly in the Gender Equality Index 2019
Sexism and misogyny are rooted in ancient Athens where women were once viewed as possessions of men and did not enjoy citizenship rights because of their gender. Despite being the …
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Coburg West Primary School plays ‘numbers game’ in decision to cut Greek language lessons
It was last September when Coburg West Primary School (CWPS) principal Mark Colagrande assured the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) that the Greek language program would indeed be part of …
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Gambling Harm Awareness Week casts focus on an ‘invisible illness’ normalised by Greek culture
Gambling is a part of social life in Greek culture. Men traditionally play tavli at the kafenion, women enjoy playing card games and even children join in from an early …
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Athens suburbia: Return to Nea Smyrni, a neighbourhood gem in Greece
On their way to Sydney from Istanbul in the early ’70s, my parents passed by Athens and bought a small flat – still under construction – in Nea Smyrni, south …
Dialogue –
Why are dangerous Australian magpies so different to their docile European counterparts?
What’s the most dangerous Australian animal? Your mind may wander to deadly funnel web spiders enjoying the moistness inside your shoe, crocodiles lurking by the river, rattlesnakes and the like… …
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Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants Greeks abroad to vote because he can relate to them
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described a plan submitted by main opposition SYRIZA party on the vote of the diaspora in general elections as a “deeply offensive” proposal that treats …
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New bakery Alevri creates the moussaka pie and the baklava cheesecake
An upmarket Greek bakery, cafe, zacharoplasteio, known as Alevri, aims to showcase the flavour, diversity, provenance and sheer quality that Greece has to offer and Aussies yearn for. But while …
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Australian Labor uproar and migrant pensioner concern about six-week pension supplement rule
In a policy dispute with the government, the Labor caucus agreed to oppose the bill that would cancel the age pension supplement for the people who spend more than six …
Dialogue –
We think of Ioli, Courtney, Aiia and Eurydice, but women’s degradation is as ordinary as breathing
Every so often we have a ‘face’ – the latest victim of men’s violence against women. Australian-Cypriot Ioli Hadjilyra, who died at the hands of Bradley Edwards, was the latest …
Life –
The Wild Olive launches Early Harvest
In Ancient Greece, concepts of ‘νοῦς ὑγιής ἐν σώματι ὑγιεῖ‘ (a healthy mind in a healthy body), ensured that the ancients were very specific when it came to the ‘fuel’ …