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Cyprus-based writers in other languages includes the Armenian Cypriot poet Nora Nadjarian. There is also an increasingly strong presence of both temporary and permanent emigre Cypriot writers in world literature, as well as writings by second and third -generation Cypriot writers born or raised abroad, often writing in English.
Cyprus [f] (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
Armenians have inhabited Cyprus since the sixth century AD, but about 9,000 more arrived from Turkey in the early 20th century to escape the Armenian genocide. Of those, most moved on to other countries. Today, Western Armenian is taught in Armenian schools (Nareg) and is the first language of about 3,000 people of Armenian descent in the ...
Apolytirio (Greek: Απολυτήριο; in demotike, 1976–present) or phased out Apolytirion (Απολυτήριον; in polytonic, katharevousa, up until 1976) is the official senior secondary education school completion certificate (graduation qualification) in Greece (and Cyprus) obtained after successfully completing the third grade of lyceum (high school). [1]
He returned to Cyprus in 1991 as part of the founding faculty of the University of Cyprus where he holds the position of Professor of English and Comparative Literature. [1] Stephanides’ dominant and literary language is English, and he is also fluent in Greek, Spanish and Portuguese.
Cyprus is now the most talked-about economy in the world -- an odd position to be in for a country that few could find on a map until this week. Cyprus' $13 billion bailout, combined with roughly ...
CIA World Factbook - Cyprus; US State Department - Cyprus includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports "The Cyprus Conflict" An extensive educational web site dedicated to the Cyprus Conflict; The UN in Cyprus; Top of the class - Cyprus Internet Directory; Official publications. The British government's Foreign Affairs Committee ...
Kittim was a settlement in present-day Larnaca on the east coast of Cyprus, known in ancient times as Kition, or (in Latin) Citium. On this basis, the whole island became known as "Kittim" in Hebrew, including the Hebrew Bible. However the name seems to have been employed with some flexibility in Hebrew literature.