Poems at the Nicosia Airport !

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Let's read our buffer zone poems at the Nicosia International Airport !

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Have you been to the old Nicosia International Airport, currently in the 'UN Protected Area' ? It's a place time has stopped 35 years ago. The air is so intense. I went there, looked at that vast area, the buildings and the planes with bullet holes, and promised all of them to come back with more people.
Why the airport? because the place and its stories would remind us why we are who we are, and give us motivation.
Why read poems? because the 'buffer zone' needs our voices to hold on in the silence.
Why both? Because our powerful voice will echoe and wake everyone up.

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Comment by R@pH@e! Georgiou on September 7, 2009 at 8:52am: Guys if u want any help just let me know!! i want to help!!

Comment by Cemre Ipciler on August 22, 2009 at 9:20am: the UN still haven't replied us..anyone who knows someone ( a "contact") that could help speed things up? :S

Comment by Gonul Ozcenk on August 21, 2009 at 2:45pm: so, the 27th, but I need an exact time in order to invite people and arrange the bus from Famagusta.

Comment by costas on August 21, 2009 at 12:30pm: most probably in the afternoon i guess

Comment by Aaron Chrysostomou on August 21, 2009 at 4:35am: so its on the 27th but what time?

Comment by Angeliki on August 20, 2009 at 3:35pm: so whats the date and the idea?

Comment by Michael Donahue on August 18, 2009 at 12:46pm: 27th it is , Cemre will announce official permission and the time for the event

Antonis has the press covered when permission granted Cemre, please note he needs you to contact him ASAP. (I am sad you will not be there Antonis and I so appreciate you being a player!)

put names attending here for the official requirements. . .that will begin when Cemre has official permission and time

Have people find there own way there, knowing the location and the time. . .

They can get rides from Limmasol, take the bus from Famagusta. . .Kyrenia. . . etc. etc.

start writing buffer zone poems. . .get permission from people who have already posted them on this site who will not be there for the event. (Leonidas?)

Comment by chad steele on August 18, 2009 at 9:51am: yeah, what angeliki said... I notice that projects like this get stopped because people think they need big numbers to have an impact... every great movement started with just one voice... I wonder if in fact your impact wouldn't be even greater if there's just one voice alone in this deserted airport created by fear and isolation.

Comment by Angeliki on August 18, 2009 at 2:17am: should I suggest something out of experience? It will never happen if you try to organise everything to the little bits. Cypriots dont work like that. Just one or two of you. Put a date, A program, send emails or facebook whatever, make a list of people coming and then just call for the mini bus and make a call to the media. Funding is too late. So my suggestion is let it happen.

Comment by Cemre Ipciler on August 17, 2009 at 1:37pm: 1) we need a minibus to take us there and back: who knows a company or driver that might do it a little cheaper for us?

2) do you think Amideast can help us finance the minibus?

3) shall we have a few songs as well as the poems?

4) do you want to do it in the morning (ie: 10am-12pm) or evening (4pm-6pm) ?

can someone volunteer to arrange:
1) finding a minibus
2) finding the *money for the minibus
3) media from north (visual AND press)
4) media from south (visual AND press)