Category: GREEK DIASPORA
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e-Kathimerini: The Greek Community of Alexandria: Between the past and present
The long Greek presence in Alexandria has left its mark on the coastal Egyptian city in so many ways that it is not easy to discern which is most important, but what can easily be felt is that the Greeks, their heritage and culture are in Alexandria’s DNA. The Greeks excelled in countless fields such…
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Yearning for Aegean light
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Greek-Canadian Senator Housakos Wants Canadian Government to Recognize Pontian Greek Genocide
Most people are not aware of the group of ethnic Greeks called Pontic Greeks. They are ethnic Greeks who once lived along the shores of what is now known as the Black Sea. Greek merchants originally settled in the area over 3,000 years ago, establishing trading posts along this shoreline and eventually the outposts grew…
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Hellene, Romios, Greek: Collective Identifications and Identities
The proceedings of the international conference “Έλλην”, “Ρωμηός”, “Γραικός”: Collective Identifications and Identities, which took place from 19 to 21 January 2017, shed broad light on the complex process of the construction of these collective identifications. The speakers of the Conference, which was organized by the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens…