UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is participating this year at the 16th International Book Fair in Thessaloniki (TBF), with a series of activities and discussions to bring forward refugee voices and stories, their artistic expression and contribution to our common cultural heritage. These include a roundtable on the link between […]
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is participating this year at the 16th International Book Fair in Thessaloniki (TBF), with a series of activities and discussions to bring forward refugee voices and stories, their artistic expression and contribution to our common cultural heritage. These include a roundtable on the link between literary creation and the refugee experience, as well as interactive and theatre workshops for children and adults inspired by publications on refugees and human rights, in cooperation with the Hellenic Theatre/Drama and Education Network (TENet-Gr). UNHCR will also be present at Kiosk 13, Stand 84, to inform and discuss with the public on refugee-related issues.
These activities are part of TBF’s feature “Imagine all the People”, which is dedicated to refugees, and will take place from 9 to 12 May 2019, at the International Exhibition and Congress Centre of Thessaloniki (TIF-Helexpo).
Thursday 9 May, 18:00-19:00 | Roundtable “Refugee experience as a source of inspiration and literary creation
In a roundtable titled “Refugee experience as a source of inspiration and literary creation,” UNHCR Representative in Greece Philippe Leclerc, Iraqi novelist Ali Bader, and Swedish writer Aris Fioretos will explore how being uprooted from one’s homeland can trigger creativity: can writing function as a strategy of survival and does literary creation have an origin? The discussion, which will be held in English and Greek, will be moderated by Dora Avgeri, journalist.
Organized by: UNHCR, Hellenic Foundation for Culture
Room: “Don Quixote”, Kiosk 15
Thursday 9 May, 10:00-12:00 | Workshop “Monologues across the Aegean Sea”
The workshop is based on the publication “Monologues across the Aegean,” a collection of testimonies from unaccompanied children living in Greece. The publication is the result of a series of theatre workshops organized in two PRAKSIS shelters for unaccompanied children by TENet-Gr and UNHCR within the project “It could be me – It could be you.”
For: Children aged 12-18
Organized by: TENet-Gr, UNHCR
Room: “Monokeros”, Kiosk 14 |See more here.
Friday 10 May, 09:00-11:00 | Workshop “Tough Nut”
Based on the book “Tough Nut” (Sklyro Karydi) by the author Eleni Svoronou (Kaleidoscope publications, in cooperation with UNHCR), this theatre workshop follows the story of Aisah, a nine-year-old girl from Afghanistan talking with courage about her life in Greece, her relations with her classmates, her brother and friends.
For: Children aged 8-13
Organized by: TENet-Gr, UNHCR
Room: “Monokeros”, Kiosk 14 |See more here.
Saturday 11 May, 12:00-13:00 | Workshop “Creative writing on the refugee experience”
From refugee experience to creativity, this workshop approaches refugee issues with experiential learning techniques through a child’s story. The workshop is based on the digital material Politropi Glossa about teaching language in secondary education, which is approved by the Institute of Education Policy and is available at the website of the Centre for the Greek Language.
For: Teachers, 18+
Organized by: TENet-Gr, UNHCR, Group for Creative Writing
Room: “Monokeros”, Kiosk 14 | See more here.
Sunday 12 May, 12:00-13:00 | Workshop “We read together”
Young children with their parents read together in Greek, German, Arabic and Farsi during this creative reading workshop based on the book “Little I-Am-Me” by Mira Lobe (Topos Books).
For: Children aged 5-8, with their parents or guardians
Organized by: TENet-Gr, UNHCR, Centre for Research on Women’s Issues “Diotima”
Supported by: Topos Books
Room: “Monokeros”, Kiosk 14 | See more here.
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