Events of the 64th Philippi Festival in the Gardens of Mohammed Ali’s House
2021’s Philippi Festival was dedicated to the Greek poet Dionysios Solomos, and “read” again his work with a series of remarkable actions and theatrical performances. Some of them took place in the magnificent gardens of Mohammed Ali Pasha’s mansion, on the historic side of Kavala, the peninsula of Panagia. August 9 – The Woman of […]
Presentation of the book Ragias. Days and Nights 1821 of Giannis Kalpouzos
MOHA Research Center and the Eklogi Bookstore presented the new book of Giannis Kalpouzos Ragias. Days and Nights 1821, published by Psychogios, in an event that took place on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at 19:00, in Imaret Hotel. The author himself, Mrs. Anna Missirian, Mrs. Georgia Triantafyllidou and Mr. Vassilios Asimenios discussed about the historical novel. […]
Online festival “Tale of X Cities”
MOHA Research Center participated in the Tale of X Cities festival. The Festival was the result of a series of online seminars, workshops and meetings that began in March 2021 with the participation of residents and organizations from 12 cities in Northern Greece, from Alexandroupolis to Igoumenitsa. The initial goal of the workshops was to […]
“Understanding Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes – Addressing the Security Needs of Muslim Communities”
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE), in collaboration with the Geek General Secretariat for Religious Affairs and the MOHA Research Center, organised the presentation of the Greek translation of the guide “Understanding Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes – Addressing the Security Needs of Muslim Communities”, which was held on Friday, December 10, at 9:30 […]
Yad Vashem’s exhibition “SHOAH How was it humanly possible?”, at the Mohammed Ali’s Museum
Exhibition Location: Mohammed Ali’s Museum view map Schedule: Thursday to Monday, 10:00-14:00 About the exhibition On the occasion of the International Remembrance Day of the Holocaust victims (January 27), MOHA Research Center started the presentation of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center’s exhibition Shoah, How was it Humanly possible? at the Mohammed Ali’s Museum in Kavala. The […]
Installation “Pitchipoi” by Elli Chrysidou, at the Mohammed Ali’s Museum
Exhibition Location: Mohammed Ali’s Museum view map Schedule: Thursday to Monday, 10:00-14:00 About the exhibition Elli Chrysidou’s installation “Pitchipoi” invokes images that invite the viewer to reflect, even momentarily, on absence, emptiness, separation, trauma, daydream, return, reunification, and the freeing power of play towards the creation of a new world when everything seems to be […]
Installation “Why be Still? Arabesques on a Reflecting Pool” by Fotis Flevotomos, in Imaret
Exhibition Location: Imaret Schedule: Thursday to Monday, 11:00-13:00 About the exhibition MOHA Research Center presented the work Why Be Still? Arabesques on a Reflecting Pool, an installation specifically designed by the visual artist Fotis Flevotomos, for the water garden of Imaret. It consisted of thirty-five pieces, which floated in the hotel’s pool. The arabesque motifs and color-scale […]
Lecture “Art and material culture in Ottoman Greece: Between history and tradition” by Anna Ballian, in Imaret
Lecture Location: Imaret’s conference hall Date: 20 May 2022, 20:00 About the event MOHA Research Center, in collaboration with the Centre of Islamic Studies and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, hosted Dr. Anna Ballian, emerita researcher and curator of the Benaki Museum, for a public lecture on the cultural, religious and […]
Exhibition on embroidery art “With the thread and a needle”, at the Mohammed Ali’s Museum
Exhibition Location: Mohammed Ali’s Museum view map Schedule: Thursday to Monday, 10:00-14:00 About the exhibition MOHA Research Center presented the exhibition “With the thread and a needle, In the loom of the daily aesthetics“, which took place at the Mohammed Ali’s Museum from May 20 to June 30, 2022. The collection consisted of embroidery pieces in […]
International workshop “The Holocaust as a starting point”, in Imaret
Workshop Location: Imaret’s conference hall Dates: 5 – 7 July 2022 About the workshop The French organization Memorial de la Shoah, whose work is dedicated to the history of the Jews during the Second World War, with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece, organised the international seminar “The Holocaust as a starting […]