Istorima reversed series
Beniamin is a young Pomak from Xanthi. During his school years, his heritage made him feel different from the other children. His mother, Emine, also felt different when she decided to stop wearing the headscarf, which brought her into conflict with her family. Through their meeting at Istorima, Beniamín “reacquainted” himself with his mother and learned the “why” behind her decision, which she has now explained.
Narration: Beniamin Konte, Emine Bouroutzi
Research-Interviews: Beniamin Konte, Haris Pagonidou
Podcast Creation: Haris Pagonidou
Sound Design: Dimitris Patsaros
Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos Photography: Myrto Papadopoulou
Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories in Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers are finding narrators, listening to, collecting, and preserving stories from across Greece: stories about their hometowns, love stories, and stories that have changed or defined us, both contemporary and historical. These are stories that are not recorded in history books and could be lost to time.It was created by journalist Sophia Papaioannou and historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative for the Reboot and Empowerment of Youth (learn more at www.snf.org). The more than 20,000 stories are gradually published in full at www.archive.istorima.org. Excerpts from the stories are published in the form of podcasts, videos, or written stories at www.istorima.org.