{"id":24452,"date":"2025-10-07T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=24452"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:27:59","slug":"three-day-event-in-mytilene-lesvos-2015-10-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/three-day-event-in-mytilene-lesvos-2015-10-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Day Event in Mytilene: \u201cLesvos 2015 \u2013 10 Years Later\u201d 18\u201320 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24452\" class=\"elementor elementor-24452 elementor-24409\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb8703 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7eb8703\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410b09f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"410b09f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45cca9e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45cca9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three-Day Event in Mytilene: \u201cLesvos 2015 \u2013 10 Years Later\u201d 18\u201320 October 2025<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c5d7f2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c5d7f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">18\u201320 October 2025 | Neoclassical House, 17 James Aristarchou Street, Mytilene<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448e3bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"448e3bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294ac2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"294ac2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dcd7c9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dcd7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D942635b080c9d321\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cIt is still difficult for me to talk about that period. You know, memory&#8230; I left it all behind. And yesterday, when I read your questions about Lesvos in 2015, they simply reminded me that it\u2019s all still there. Like a shadow I try to ignore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><strong>Mohammed<br \/><\/strong>a refugee from Somalia, arrived in Mytilene in August 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f8456b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f8456b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c7dc80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8c7dc80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f6ae4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96f6ae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D105fc058006b450c\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D78c43ed1a9cc4f0d\">\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>The summer of 2015 went down in history as a summer of refuge and solidarity.<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> Thousands of refugees were arriving daily on Lesvos, risking their lives. The island&#8217;s communities mobilised, <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">locals<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> opened their homes and hearts to help in any way they could, and thousands of solidarity activists arrived from all over the world to offer support. It was a year filled with pain and loss, but also with strength, hope, and acts of humanity that must not and cannot be forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Ten years later, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), with the support of the PRO ASYL Foundation, is organising the three-day event \u201cLesvos 2015 \u2013 10 Years Later\u201d in Mytilene, on 18, 19 and 20 October.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1531cc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1531cc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e500b2d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e500b2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"exhibition\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9c177 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0e9c177\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf594f7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf594f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photography and Testimonials Exhibition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5085050 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5085050\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb39bde elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb39bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cPeople did what they knew how to do. They helped. We did what anyone would do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><strong>\u03a4\u03b6\u03ce\u03c1\u03c4\u03b6\u03b9\u03b1,<br \/><\/strong>Georgia, Mytilene resident<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0ffbc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d0ffbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>\u201cAre you and your services ordering me not to go near a boat if I see it sinking? And if you are not nearby, will you let people drown? Tell your boss that if I find a boat and there is no coast guard nearby to call, I will help. And you can do as you please.\u201d<br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><strong>Thanasis,<br \/><\/strong>\u00a0fishing boat captain in Mytilene<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdd32c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bdd32c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D105fc058006b450c\">\n<div data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D4eebd6554f4ce202\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D78c43ed1a9cc4f0d\">\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">The central exhibition is hosted in the neoclassical house at 17 James Aristarchou Street and includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><b>Photographs<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">, collected through an open call to people who lived through the events \u2013 refugees, <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">locals<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">, and solidarity activists.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><b>Testimonials<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> from 30 individuals &#8211; refugees, locals, and activists &#8211; who, in interviews conducted with us over the past months, shared images, stories, personal experiences, and the conclusions they drew from that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><b>Music<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">, a collective playlist of songs chosen by the interview participants as personal symbols of memory from that period.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><i>The exhibition will be open on Saturday, 18 October, from 17:00 to 22:00, on Sunday, 19 October, from 15:00 to 18:00, and on Monday 20 October, from 17:00 to 20:00, at 17 James Aristarchou Street.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a0be0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1a0be0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"discussion\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a402f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a402f8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf0660 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cf0660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discussion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfffa1f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfffa1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D105fc058006b450c\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D4eebd6554f4ce202\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3De99372380f6e4373\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D78c43ed1a9cc4f0d\">\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">On <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Saturday, 18 October, at 19:00, in the same building<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">, there 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data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3De99372380f6e4373\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D78c43ed1a9cc4f0d\">\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">On <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Sunday, 19 October, at 18:30, at Cine Arion<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> in Mytilene, there will be a screening of the film <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>\u201cI Will Cross Tomorrow\u201d<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> by the renowned Iranian director Sepideh Farsi. The film explores the story of a Syrian refugee who arrives in Lesvos in 2015, and a large part of it was shot on the island. It will be screened with Greek and English subtitles, and the film will be followed by a <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>discussion with the film&#8217;s actor, Vassilis Koukalani<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-821d716 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"821d716\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f17b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"40f17b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-6800\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-6800\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Info about the movie <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-6800\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259fad6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"259fad6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb30f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cb30f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #779983;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i><b>I Will Cross Tomorrow\u201d by Iranian director Sepideh Farsi | Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 18:00<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931984_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D8d2ab553c4eca517\"><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">On Sunday, 19 October, the film <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>\u201cI Will Cross Tomorrow\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> by Iranian director <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Sepideh Farsi<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> will be screened at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Cine Arion at 18:00<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">, as part of the three-day event organised by Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) in Mytilene, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>\u201cLesvos 2015 \u2013 10 Years Later.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The film tells the story of the meeting between Yussof, a Syrian refugee who flees his homeland because he refuses to become a killer in civil-war-torn Syria, and Maria, a Greek police officer who lives in Athens and is transferred to Lesvos during a difficult period in her life. Yussof is forced to steer the refugee boat as he doesn&#8217;t have the money to pay the smugglers in Turkey. When he arrives on Lesvos, he is accused of smuggling. While on Lesvos, he learns that all his family members were killed in a bombing. Maria and Yussof meet inside the Kara Tepe refugee camp. Their brief but intense relationship will shape the way they perceive the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The film explores themes of loss, trauma, the living conditions of refugees in 2015, the economic and social situation during the Greek financial crisis, corruption, informal forced returns (pushbacks) in the Aegean, and the need for safety and connection. The film had its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. A large part of it was shot on Lesvos.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The film will be screened with <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Greek and English subtitles<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Duration<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">: 1 hour and 20 minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Following the film, there will be a discussion with its actor, Vassilis Koukalani.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-6801\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-6801\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> A Few Words About the Director Sepideh Farsi <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-6801\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4295e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4295e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519a8ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"519a8ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Director <span style=\"color: #88ac97;\">Sepideh Farsi<\/span> was born in Iran. In 1984, she immigrated to Paris to pursue her studies. Since 2009, she has been unable to return to Iran due to the criticism she expresses through her films and her activist work. All of her works are banned in Iran. Her latest film is the documentary \u2018Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk\u2019, which was screened this year in the ACID parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival. The protagonist of this documentary, the Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, was killed in an Israeli strike on her home in Gaza, along with 10 members of her family, the day after the film&#8217;s selection for Cannes was announced.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f382b55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f382b55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1633b94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1633b94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da5a06a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da5a06a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cFor me, 2015 was a landmark year, a change in my worldview. If I were to set a timeline, I was born in 1982, I became an adult in 2000, and in 2015 my life\u2019s worldview changed, how I move as a person, what priorities I set. The love for people, human relationships, was placed above everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><strong>Eleni,<br \/><\/strong>Mytilene resident<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2065efe elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2065efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D105fc058006b450c\"><div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D4eebd6554f4ce202\"><div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D6ebb30dbf33b3cf1\"><div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Df196bada519733c6\"><p><span lang=\"en-GB\">2015 taught us a tremendous lesson in solidarity and human strength. At the same time, it highlighted in the most intense way the absence of the state and the European Union and, in contrast to this, the mutual aid between refugees and locals and the enormous mobilisation of the local community, Greece, and the world. This three-day event aims to be a journey of memory, image, and oral history. It seeks to honour all those who were in Lesvos then, to give space to the different voices and feelings of joy, pain, and solidarity, but also to <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>keep alive the lesson that 2015 taught us: that solidarity has the power to change lives and make a difference, even in the most difficult times.<\/b><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f788897 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f788897\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be3a11 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3be3a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D105fc058006b450c\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D4eebd6554f4ce202\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D6ebb30dbf33b3cf1\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D6ebb30dbf33b3cf1\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Df196bada519733c6\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>Because, as an Afghan saying shared with us by Nasim puts it, <br \/><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\">\u201cThe caravan went from place to place, and the stories of Saraban (the caravan leader) remained in every place.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf43bb5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf43bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D88153754%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D105fc058006b450c\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D4eebd6554f4ce202\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D6ebb30dbf33b3cf1\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931139_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Db8ea00562e36f6ce\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Flo.rsaegean.org%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.rsaegean.org%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F931290_ociylrd25hjj%26ServerId%3D41b6823f%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Dc622e58d108488b4\">\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">The first stop of the exhibition is hosted in the neoclassical house formerly owned by Abatzis, at 17 James Aristarchou Street. This historic mansion, itself part of the local history, opens its doors today to embrace memory, just as in 2015 the residents of the island opened their homes to welcome passing refugees: to charge a mobile phone, to share a meal, to take a warm shower, or simply to rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a71a1e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a71a1e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2225b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae2225b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Greetings from refugees welcomed by Lesvos<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d52d3 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35d52d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c143f6a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c143f6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cMy first encounter with Europe was on Lesvos and it was very good because the people wanted to help and showed solidarity. I would wish that all of you who were by our side back then remember that, and take a stand today as well, in these more difficult times!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tarek,<br \/><\/strong>from Syria, arrived on Lesvos in August 2015, now lives in Germany<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-831e2c9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"831e2c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cYou showed us your best selves. You worked hard to welcome thousands of people every day. You did everything you could. Thank you very much for welcoming us!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><strong>Sara,<br \/><\/strong>from Uganda, arrived and stayed in Mytilene for one month in 2015, now lives in Athens<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d53fcc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d53fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Greek people truly live in my heart! I will never forget you and I have great respect for what you did!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><strong>Mohammed,<br \/><\/strong>from Somalia, arrived on Lesvos in August 2015, now lives in Germany<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc71fa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcc71fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cI am very happy that I arrived on Lesvos when people had their doors and hearts open! You welcomed us. Keep your hearts open because people need you today, too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Yussuf,<br \/><\/strong>Kurd from Turkey, arrived on Lesvos in October 2015<\/span><span style=\"color: #88ac97;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243ad00 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"243ad00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"program\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-307cf44 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"307cf44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 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The exhibition embraces this silence, too, as an integral part of memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e734b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"05e734b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04796a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d04796a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f14d59 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7f14d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#exhibition\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Exhbition<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc8842 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8cc8842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#discussion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discussion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-005ead4 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"005ead4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" 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