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Demetrios Ioannou

A man stands at a counter holding an urn with many urn designs behind him
Religion
Greece’s first and only crematorium opens despite pushback from the church
Lawrence Alatrash, 25, a non-binary gay Syrian refugee, shows a photo of himself on his mobile phone dressed up in a green tutu for last year's gay pride parade in downtown Athens, Greece.  
Sexuality
Some refugees use Grindr to find love — and money
Muslim men gathered in a basement transformed into a a prayer room in the neighborhood of Agios Nikolaos, in Athens
Belief
Athens doesn’t have a single mosque, so Muslims worship in makeshift prayer rooms