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Lefkosa, Cyprus
Life along the last wall dividing a capital

Lefkosa, capital of the island of Cyprus, is the last capital in the world where still the citizen are divided by a wall. The 2 sides of the capital, but also of the island, is Greece and Turkey. This is a unique case in the world, where citizen has to show a passport to move from one side to the other of the city, after the Turkish invasion of the 1974. This reportage show the life long this wall, where graffiti and drying clothes are next to army signs, and where people try to have a really normal life.

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