Iason Athanasiadis is a Mediterraneanist based between Athens, Istanbul and Tunis. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/iason-athanasiadis/rss en Crises & Conflicts Health Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:40:00 +0000 Iason Athanasiadis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/12/21/an-unbearable-wait-lone-children-struggle-on-greek-islands https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/12/21/an-unbearable-wait-lone-children-struggle-on-greek-islands An increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children and teenagers are stuck on the Greek island of Lesbos due to a shortage of shelter spaces in Greece. They’re growing angry and frustrated while facing a lengthy wait to be transferred to the mainland. Thu, 29 Dec 2016 07:27:38 +0000 Iason Athanasiadis https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/12/29/bags-and-belongings-my-children-my-racket-my-faith-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/12/29/bags-and-belongings-my-children-my-racket-my-faith-2 In the second installment of our “Bags and Belongings” series, in which we ask refugees what they packed in their bags and what they left behind, we meet Mustafa Awad, a Syrian badminton coach from Idlib who recently arrived in Athens with his wife and three children. Refugee Voices Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:19:47 +0000 Iason Athanasiadis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/12/27/bags-and-belongings-my-children-my-racket-my-faith https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/12/27/bags-and-belongings-my-children-my-racket-my-faith In the second installment of our “Bags and Belongings” series, in which we ask refugees what they packed in their bags and what they left behind, we meet Mustafa Awad, a Syrian badminton coach from Idlib who recently arrived in Athens with his wife and three children. Refugee Voices Tue, 05 Jul 2016 11:00:55 +0000 Iason Athanasiadis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/07/05/photo-essay-breaking-fast-in-attica https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/07/05/photo-essay-breaking-fast-in-attica In the hot Greek summer, members of Athens’ newest refugee communities have been fasting for Ramadan while acclimating to a new cultural landscape. Writer and photographer Iason Athanasiadis visited these communities as part of his Reviving Cities series. Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Iason Athanasiadis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/03/29/reviving-the-mediterraneans-lost-cosmopolitanism https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/03/29/reviving-the-mediterraneans-lost-cosmopolitanism Eastern Mediterranean cities that view migration as a threat today thrived on the ubiquitous presence of multicultural societies a century ago. Iason Athanasiadis opens our Reviving Cities series by explaining that the roots of today’s slow-motion refugee “disaster” can be found in the region’s trend towards introversion.