What is Twice a Stranger? ‘Twice a Stranger’ is a cross media
project about the greatest forced migrations of the 20th
century, when millions of people were uprooted and moved to new
homelands. Based on oral video testimonies, rare film archives
and photos this project brings visitors face-to-face with the
survivors of these traumatic events. From the Greek-Turkish
exchange in 1922-24, ‘Twice a Stranger’ travels to the German-
Polish forced migration at the end of WW II, to the Partition of
India, and to the Cyprus crisis' in the 1960's and 70's. ‘Twice
a Stranger’ is distributed online and via a multi-media
exhibition, hosted at the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Leventis
Municipal Museum in Nicosia and the Istanbul Bilgi University.
The project is accompanied by educational programmes,
storytelling sessions, documentary screenings, a children's
book, culinary nights, music events, community and outreach
events. See our CALENDAR for a detailed list of scheduled
events. "Twice a Stranger" is funded with the supp