The economic crisis in Cyprus has put the eastern Mediterranean island nation in the lime light. Cyprus has been divided for more than four decades between the Turkish north and majority Greek south. While for Greek Cypriots, the history of Cyprus starts with ancient Greece and Hellenistic culture, the Turkish Cypriot community tend to find the Ottoman invasion of 1571 as the defining moment in the history of the island. What is the history of Cyprus and what led to it`s recent ecnomic crisis? VOMENA`s Khalil Bendib spoke with Dr Rebecca Bryant, a reserch fellow at London School of Economics`s European Institue and co-editor of the volume, Cyprus and the Politics of Memory: History, Community and Conflict.
Jadalyyia`s Culture page editor and co-founder, Sinan Antoon, was featured on this week`s show as he read some of his poems.