Beehive Athens

09/08/2026

“People think peace is made by people just in negotiation, but actually peace is made when people –ordinary people– come together to tell their stories. And the movies sometimes tell our stories despite ourselves in some ways.
So, we are very proud to be participating here, and we're most proud to have our mother's names immortalized in Athens.”

14 July 2026

06/08/2026

“I think in life we don’t learn much from sameness. If all my friends think like me, speak like me and vote like me, it shows that I am surrounded with my own mirror image and that can be a very narcissistic existence. In life we learn from differences.”

Lecture with Elif Shafak | Live Broadcast in Athens | 27 June 2026

04/08/2026

“Our battle with the regime was the narrative. Everything related with the revolution is a lie, and we were trying to save this narrative, to save the memory… We were there, we are there, we are real. The dreams, the hopes, the things, the people that we lost – they are real.”

“Allies in Exile” | Greek Premiere & Discussion with director Hasan Kattan | 24 June 2026

29/07/2026

"Seeking Sanctuaries", News 24/7

UNHCR GREECE
Beehive Athens

Από το Παλάτι των Εθνών στη Γενεύη το 1951, μέχρι τη Βιρμανία, τον Λίβανο, τη Συρία και το Αφγανιστάν, αλλά και από την Κύπρο μέχρι την Ουκρανία, οι φωτογραφίες καταγράφ...

28/07/2026

“Seeking Sanctuaries: Stories of Movement, Acts of Welcome”

UNHCR GREECE
News 24/7

“Το σημαντικότερο είναι να αποσυνδεθεί το προσφυγικό από το αφήγημα της εθνικής ασφάλειας” αναφέρει στη μεγάλη συνέντευξή της η Αντιπρόσωπος της Ύπατης Αρμοστεί...

28/07/2026

"Seeking Sanctuaries", News 24/7

UNHCR GREECE
Enri Canaj, Magnum Photos
Polyphony Melissa & Vocal Circle: From ‘I’ to ‘We’, with Aggeliki Toubanaki

Η έκθεση Seeking Sanctuaries φέρνει σε διάλογο τη φωτογραφική έκθεση του Enri Canaj, Say Goodbye Before You Leave, με σπάνιο φωτογραφικό υλικό από τα αρχεία της Ύπατης Αρμοστείας.

23/07/2026

“Seeking Sanctuaries: Stories of Movement, Acts of Welcome”, 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention at the Beehive!

UNHCR GREECE
Enri Canaj, Magnum Photos
Polyphony Melissa & Vocal Circle: From ‘I’ to ‘We’, with Toubanaki Music Projects, Aggeliki Toumpanaki B

22/07/2026

Seeking Sanctuaries: Stories of Movement, Acts of Welcome

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, Melissa Network and UNHCR warmly invite you to the opening of "Seeking Sanctuaries: Stories of Movement, Acts of Welcome”.

📅 Wednesday, 22 July
🕘 19:30
📍 Beehive | Melissa Network | 10 Metsovou Street, 106 82

The event will feature:
• A guided tour through Enri Canaj’s "Say Goodbye Before You Leave" photo collection and rare photographic material from UNHCR’s archives, connecting contemporary refugee journeys with the broader history of forced flight and international protection.
• A guest performance by vocalist Aggeliki Toubanaki with Polyphony Melissa.
• A screening of Allies in Exile, a 40-minute documentary by Hasan Kattan, which follows two Syrian filmmakers shaped by war, as they use friendship and storytelling to survive exile and reflect on the meaning of asylum and sanctuary.

14/07/2026

“Mare Nostrum: Poems of Migrant Survival”, with Khaled Mattawa and Katerina Iliopoulou.