Disclaimer: This post contains a great deal of generalization, however it's just a personal theory and every theory has many exceptions. In Greece, the supporters of the 3 main football teams Olympiakos, Aek and Panathinaikos (usually) fall into one of these categories. 1- Olympiakos: The leftist revolutionary! Not necessarily both, maybe one of them or … Continue reading Tell me who you are, i will tell you what team you support…
The Palm Trees of Athens
There it stood, despite everything, despite every attempt to remove it. It stood strong, high and persistent as if it wasn’t ever subject to injustice. Historically, Athens was full of palm trees until after it got independence from the Ottoman empire. Then the waged war against palm trees started. Hundreds of them were removed to … Continue reading The Palm Trees of Athens
Mein Perle..
It's not typical German, nor really Scandinavian, it's elegant and beautiful and different and full of contradictions. It's also open, friendly and to be honest really expensive.. Hamburg If you haven't been to Hamburg, you're missing out! The northern city is one of the richest cities in Germany and home to the second largest port … Continue reading Mein Perle..
Burden or Brothers? (Master’s thesis article)
OXFORD! Oxford Faculty of Law blog published the excerpt of my thesis as a guest writer! You can read the full article here!
A few Kms from the Syrian border
2 Months, 20 volunteers, 2 schools and more than 3,000 refugee children! From the land of the vikings straight to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley just a few Kms from the Syrian border that even my roaming even picked up the Syrian network and greeted me with an SMS. Our main role was to teach refugee children … Continue reading A few Kms from the Syrian border
On One Year in Denmark
I haven't been here for a long time. I have been planning this post for too long; the plan was to write something on the lessons learned from the first year I live alone in a foreign country. At some point I got tired of planning and here's the result.. This year was one of the best … Continue reading On One Year in Denmark
United Women of Sports
Reporting on the world cup.. check! Yes! i was honored to be able to check this item off my bucket list when i was chosen among a group of 12 women from every corner of the world to report on the world cup taking place in Brazil. I wrote about match outcomes and a few … Continue reading United Women of Sports
“Sometimes all you have to do is ask”
You know when you're in this amazing place and you're really dying to take a photo but you don't want to ask anyone because you're...shy? (or you had the best guest lecturer ever and wanted a group photo for your class with him but thought they'd kill you if you ask? no? just me then)You … Continue reading “Sometimes all you have to do is ask”
“You’re not to think you are anything special”
Believe it or not ladies and gentleman, this is article one of a social law in Denmark called the law of Jante (Janteloven in Danish). It's Not a real law (the one that your lawyer can use to get you in/out of jail) but a kind of traditional widely adopted rules of equality used to … Continue reading “You’re not to think you are anything special”
“You focus on the race, not the horses next to you”
He said these words on television. Sounds like trying to be wise, but he really was. I thought about this sentence for a long while, he was absolutely right. How many times did you compare what you have/have not to what others have/have not, how many times did you compare the car you have to … Continue reading “You focus on the race, not the horses next to you”
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