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Content Published May 31, 2017

Tavern in Kakopetria, Troodos Mountains

The Greek flag is more evident in this tavern in the mountains south of Nicosia, in an areas near where the EOKA resistance fighters found shelter from the British during the "troubles" of the 1950's.

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Content Published May 30, 2017

Hala Sultan Tekke

The Mosque of Umm Haram (Turkish: Hala Sultan Tekkesi) is a Muslim shrine in southern Cyprus, in the Greek zone, near the town of Larnaca. Umm Haram (Turkish: Hala Sultan) was Muhammad's wet nurse and according to at least one legend, died near this spot as a result of a fall from a camel.

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Content Published May 25, 2017

The English School - Nicosia

With an adult literacy rate (2015) of just over 99 percent, education is an important part of Cypriot life. The English School was founded in 1900 and served for many years as, according to the school's website, "an English-medium, inter-communal school of Christian character with facilities for all pupils to practise their own form of religion." Until 1974, Turkish Muslim students attended the school, but in 1974 access to the school was no longer possible due to the Green Line. In 2003, access was again possible, and at present, there are a significant number of Turkish students who attend from "the other side."

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Content Published May 25, 2017

Kites not Warplanes

Sentiments against conflict can be seen on both sides of the buffer zone, some times, in the form of imaginative graffiti. This, along with several others, was on a wall in the northern side of Nicosia very close to the buffer zone.

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Galloway Ridge in the Time of COVID

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Cyprus - "The Other Side" - 1956 - 2017

"The Other Side" - Cyprus is a country that was divided by walls and wire after an invasion by Turkey in 1974. People refer to "the other side," the Turkish north or the Greek south. There are many similarities and differences in culture on both sides.

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