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[mariacy]

Hi this is my first time in the forum though I follow up the discussion that goes on now and then.

I am from the suburbs of Limassol and my father is missing from 1974. To hate the Turks for taking my father away from me was as natural as breathing. When I found out about Mr. Angastiniotis and his film I felt disgust. I though of him as a traitor and having him shot would not disturb me mach, not to say it would have given me joy.

Saturday I somebody gave me his book with his documentary inside. My life changed. For the first time I realized that Turkish Cypriots suffered equally. My father was as precious as a Turkish Cypriot father to his children. This was a new reality to me. Mr. Angastiniotis book had such an approach to human pain, and to the Cyprus problem that I have never heard before. I wept through every page, but this time not only for my father, but for every father, every mother, every child that died in the war from both sides.

I think every Cypriot, Greek and Turkish, must read his book and as Mr. Angastiniotis said in his book, we mast in one voice say NEVER AGAIN! The friend that brought me the book from a Turkish Cypriot Bookshop said to me that it will be available next week in the Greek side by Muflon bookshop in Nicosia, not sure if this is exactly the name.

Mr. Angastiniotis wherever you are, THANK YOU! You have touched my life; you deserve a peace Nobel price. I hope all the curses I send against you in my ignorance will never reach you.

Mariacy

[Bananiot]

Maria, you have my sympathy for your father. I admire your courage to see through your pain and realise that anguish for the loss of dear ones is universal. I welcome your message. Its a humane one and a powerful one that brashes aside the obstacles of sick nationalism and chauvinism.

[Piratis]

Maria, if a person like you, with a missing father and after all the suffering you had to pass all these years has the power to recognize the pain of the other side then maybe there is hope.

I hope all Cypriots will some day understand that this hate between the two communities should stop, that we are all human beings, and that we can all live peacefully in one united island without giving excuses for even more violations of human rights. Excuses for the violations or human rights will only lead to more and more excuses and the circle of blood will never end.

[mariacy]

It is amazing how our hearts can change when new receive new thoughts.
Today I felt that my father was closer tome, its like a big burden was lifted from my soul.

Does anybody know how I can reach Mr. Angastiniotis

[angastiniotis]

Thank you

[angastiniotis]

If all I went through was only to reach you and change your heart,
it was worth it!

Your post has changed my life also. I wept reading your post and realized that maybe in the end it wasn’t in vein.

I don’t need a Nobel price you just gave me the only reward I needed.
Thank you!

Mariacy I will contact you.
Tony

[cypezokyli]

where can we get that book?

[Kifeas]

Maria, you have my sympathy for your father. I admire your courage to see through your pain and realise that anguish for the loss of dear ones is universal. I welcome your message. Its a humane one and a powerful one that brashes aside the obstacles of sick nationalism and chauvinism.

Sometimes this person can really make sense. This is just one example!

[angastiniotis]

Rumstem bookshop North
Muflon bookshop South

I only found out about Muflon now, they have some copies maybe only 5

[Othellos]

Hello mr. Angastiniotis. Can you please tell us more about your book and its content, as well as where one can find it?

Mariacy, welcome to the forum and may the pain of all Cypriot families with missing persons end soon.

Regards

O.

P.S: I couldn't help but notice how both Mr. Angastiniotis and Mariacy both wrote "Nobel price" instead of "prize" - not many people do that.

O.