Episode - Island Talks

Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 18: Award-winning author who delves into the world of our mothers’ torment. Meet Helena Kidd (15/8/2024)

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In the 18th episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, meet Helena Kidd. With family hailing from Skarinou in Larnaca and born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, she set out to share with the world the sufferings of her mother, and that of many mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of Cyprus and the world. Her brave book ‘When The Past Awakens’ received a Commendation at the Victorian Community History Awards in 2020 and she won the CYDIA Award for Literature at the 2024 Cyprus Diaspora Awards in Limassol. Helena has also written ‘When The Past is Left’ where she continues to inspire by further sharing the story of her family in the diaspora and their challenges and pathways. Her story, and that of her loved ones, is a story shared by so many.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 29: Cultural practitioner, writer, & researcher Myriam Dalal: stories of different groups of women that helped survival of communities (12/8/2024)

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Lebanese cultural practitioner, writer, and researcher, Myriam Dalal, speaks to Magda Zenon on KaleidHERscope from Luxembourg about being an artist and how forced migration disrupts, yet creates opportunities for new creative expression including a totally contemporary ‘love dance’, about Intangible Cultural Heritage and what it is, but mostly about the lesser-known stories of different groups of women that were fundamental to the survival of communities throughout history.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 28: Rosa Emilia Salamanca explains how peace is being built in Colombia (29/7/2024)

On kaleidHERscope this week from Bogota, Colombia, Rosa Emilia Salamanca, Director of CIASE (www.ciase.org), a Colombian peacebuilding organisation with a particular focus on women’s rights, and a member of WASL speaks about inclusive peacebuilding within a peace process in a very diverse Colombia, about breaking up the increasing binary thinking and learning to embrace our own paradoxes and about how, as a feminist, she knows that security needs to be redefined through the lens of care.

Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 17: Award-winning director on History & Discovery Channels. Meet Kay Pavlou (28/7/2024)

In the 17th episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, meet Kay Pavlou. Born in Adelaide and now living in Sydney, she was the daughter of one of the earlier Cypriots from Rizokarpaso to migrate across the globe to Australia. This experience is part of her inspiration to film ‘Two Homelands - Documentary’ - an interview of six Cypriots of the diaspora in Australia and to delve into their experience of living double lives, one as Cypriots and another as Australians. Her successful productions have aired on the Discovery and History Channels globally, premiered at prestigious global film festivals and soon her latest film will be screened at K-cineplex Cyprus in September 2024. She’s an inspirational and emotional storyteller.

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 50: Kafka uyandığında woke kültürü başında bekliyordu (24/7/2024)

Kafka hep bir şeylere uyanıyor. Yeni bir gerçekliğe. Ya da gerçek olmayan bir gerçekliğe. Dünya da yeni değerlere uyanırken acaba dönüşüm çok hızlı mı oldu? Woke kültürü ne demek? Niye ilerlemek ve uyanmak kötü bir algıya sahip oldu? Avrupa Futbol Şampiyonası finalinde niye herkes İspanya'yı destekledi? Kafka Lefkoşa'da ne yapıyordu? Lefkoşa'dan podcastlayan Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan, Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde uyanışı tartıştılar.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 27: Koraly Dimitriadis, Cypriot-Australian writer, performer & bestselling poet, a fearless feminist voice (23/7/2024)

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On kaleidHERscope Cypriot-Australian writer, performer and bestselling poet Koraly Dimitriadis, a fearless feminist voice for the southern-European diaspora, speaks to Magda Zenon from Melbourne about violence against women and opening up the space to talk about the violence of men, about the challenges of single parenting and about ensuring that the voice of the Cypriot diaspora is not Greek but Cypriot. Koraly closes the interview with two of her poems, ‘Πια εν τούτη’ and ‘She's Not Normal’.

Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 16: Former Cyprus FM, Ambassador to Washington, member of the reunification negotiating teams & gender activist. Meet Dr Erato Kozakou Marcoullis (17/7/2024)

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In the 16th episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, meet Dr Erato Kozakou Marcoullis. Born in Limassol to Cypriot and migrant parents, she has come a long way from a rough - yet very proud - family history. From proudly representing Cyprus as Ambassador in key posts such as Washington, USA, to twice serving as Cyprus’ Foreign Minister and also as Minister of Communications and Works. She has sat on the negotiating tables as part of the Cyprus reunification attempts during key pivotal moments and is a staunch activist for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Many NGOs and civil society movements are blessed with her support and contributions.

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 49: Lefkoşa’da nefes aldığımız mekanlar (14/7/2023)

Rüstem Kitabevi, Lefkoşa - Fotoğraf: Sümer Erek

Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan, Lefkoşa'nın kültür sanat hayatına katkı yapan mekanları; Rüstem Kitabevi, Işık Kitabevi, Blackbird Social ve Arkhe'yi; Evren'in Danimarka ve İsveç ziyaretlerini, Kopenhag'ı Malmö'ye bağlayan köprüyü, kahve insanlarını ve çay insanlarını, Agatha Christie'yi, siyasette İngiltere ve Fransa'daki solun başarısını, Avrupa Parlamentosu seçimlerini, İran'ı ve dünya hallerini konuştular.

Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 15: Filmmaker, director, producer and fabulous cultural ambassador for Cyprus. Meet Stelana Kliris (6/7/2024)

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Cyprus is filled with big hearts and big emotions – a hot, sleepy island, with hot tempers! On the surface it looks ‘normal’, but below the surface are many layers, filled with history – both beautiful and painful. An island full of amazing people, with incredible stories, doing amazing things. Join social and political analyst Costa Constanti to meet Cyprus and those who live there. In the 15th episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, meet Stelana Kliris. Born and raised in South Africa, this Cypriot of the diaspora who has ‘come home’ is taking Cyprus to audiences across the entire…

KaleidHERscope – Episode 26: Nitsan Joy Gordon, director of the Together Beyond Words, an organization founded by Arab and Jewish peacemakers (5/7/2024)

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On kaleidHERscope Nitsan Joy Gordon, author and director of the Together Beyond Words Organization ( Together Beyond Words | Healing For Peace ) speaks to Magda Zenon about the organization she helped found together with Arab and Jewish colleagues, to help empower and train women as peace builders so they can promote the understanding and healing of prejudice in Israel. She also speaks of the aim for 2024 of TBW to create an Army of Healers (therapists and group facilitators) who will run at least 60 groups all over the country in common spaces where it will be safe…