Picture this: A procurer, under rougher circumstances also called “pimp”, opens his doors and welcomes the team of an NGO that spreads awareness on HIV and AIDS. Not just that, this NGO is also planning on cheering up the sex workers in order to facilitate their life. Sounds interesting? Let me explain further. Red Umbrella […]
Author: Michelle Wischnepolski
A Trip To Palestinian Reality
While we were on our way to Tel-Aviv during a school trip in 2019, the Palestinian driver of our rented bus suggested that we could go buy some good dates right across the border between Israel and the Westbank. With hesitation but curiosity my teachers and our German-Israeli tour guide agreed. We crossed the border […]
Atatürk: Father of Freedom and Independence
The picture that you can see above is standard equipment in every law office, public school and sometimes even houses in the state of Turkey. Every year on November 10th, you can still see people crying on the streets and being in a state of mourning for the whole day. He was given the name […]
Smoking Is Understandable
My best friend recently picked up the habit of smoking. At first it was only in very specific moments, on top of a hill while looking down at Athens or while watching the sunset from the wall in Ano Poli. Then she would pack out her carefully stored package of Marlboro cigarettes, light one and […]
Travel through Europe for free
We all know the saying “When you are young, you have time but no money, when you are older, you have money but no time”. It is a vicious circle that sets boundaries for young people and stops them from making new memories and experiencing new cultures themselves. Some youngsters might just accept that sad […]
poppy field
A homosexual laughing and kissing his French lover; a Police officer listening to his colleagues who are joking about women; a man who desperately tries to unite these two self-perceptions within himself: the drama “Poppy Field”, which was released in 2020 and directed by Eugen Jebeleanu -the only openly gay director in all Romania- tells […]
Women in Greece
The complicated explanation of an even more complicated question. In the past few decades, every country in the EU has lived a reform of gender roles, especiallywhen it comes to the opportunities and life stories of females. Apparently, women now canhave it all: in 2006 Greek Law 3488/2006 stated that from then on, women are […]
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE in Thessaloniki
Friday is a great day, not just because it‘s the start of the weekend, but also because it is the day when people from all kinds of backgrounds unite in order to protest for sustainable climate policies. This Friday, the 24th of September, the “Fridays For Future” movement was at one of its peaks when […]