‘For Sama’ | Lemesos International Documentary Festival
UNHCR Cyprus is supporting the Lemesos International Documentary Festival with a screening of ‘For Sama’ directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts (United Kingdom, Syria, U.S.A.; 95’; 2019) A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film...
Alexia with Special Guests in a Virtual Concert on World Refugee Day 2020
Following last year’s successful concert on World Refugee Day, Alexia will hold a virtual concert on this year’s World Refugee Day, Saturday 20 June. In joining UNHCR’s campaign, titled “Everyone Can Make A Difference, Every Action Counts,” Alexia and her special guests will remind us that everyone, including refugees, can […]
Women’s Film Days: “Capernaum”
As part of the Women’s Film Days Programme, an initiative of the United Nations Country Team in Cyprus, UNHCR Cyprus presents a screening of the film Capernaum, by the Director Nadine Labaki. The event takes place on the occasion of the International Day of Peace. Thursday 19 September 2019 – […]
Neighbourhood Concert | Spellbound and Nostalgic
This concert with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to refugees, and takes place under the auspices of the UNHCR Office in Cyprus.
Midnight Traveler | Lemesos International Documentary Festival
UNHCR Cyprus is supporting the Lemesos International Documentary Festival with a screening of Hassan Fazili’s ‘Midnight Traveler.’ Synopsis: The refugee’s story is most often told by others — journalists, NGO workers, and other outsiders who strive to faithfully convey traumatic experiences far removed from their own. When assassins target Afghan documentarian […]
Concert by ‘Refugees for Refugees’ in Limassol
The Refugees for Refugees project unites ten musicians who are refugees and have arrived in Belgium from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tibet.
World Refugee Day 2019: Sistema in Concert // 12 June
This concert by a diverse children’s orchestra aims to communicate messages of respect, acceptance and integration of refugees into our society.
World Refugee Day 2019: Alexia Live in Concert // 20 June
Join us on June 20 to mark World Refugee Day with Alexia Live in Concert
Fork Food Market – Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Προσφύγων 2019 // Fork Food Market – World Refugee Day 2019 // 21 June
Αυτή την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Προσφύγων το Fork Food Market ενώνει τη φωνή του με την Ύπατη Αρμοστεία του ΟΗΕ για τους Πρόσφυγες και σας προσκαλεί τη Παρασκευή, 21 Ιουνίου, για καινούργιες εμπειρίες γαστρονομίας στέλλοντας ταυτόχρονα μηνύματα αλληλεγγύης και στήριξης στους πρόσφυγες! Η εκδήλωση θα πραγματοποιηθεί στον Δημοτικό Κήπο της Λευκωσίας, το φαγητό […]
This World Refugee Day, Join us and Take a Step #WithRefugees
The UNHCR Office in Cyprus has teamed up with diverse partners this year to mark World Refugee Day with a number of dedicated events. Join us!
Public Discussion: The situation of refugees and asylum-seekers in Cyprus
Co-organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cyprus, and the University of Cyprus
Poetry event: Mahmood Alsersawi, Palestinian refugee from Syria, shares his newly published work
Voice4me, a Junior Achievement Publishing Company, will present the poetry book “The edge of passion” and its author, Mr. Mahmood Alsersawi, a Palestinian refugee from Syria, now living in Cyprus. The book will be launched on 5 April at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre at 18.30, in an event which will […]